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From the racial stereotypes that I have heard about my country, and other people's knowledge of Nepal,

1. We are not Indians
2. We were never a part of the British Empire and were always independent from foreign invasion
3. Gautam Buddha was born in our country, the founder of Buddhism, not the laughing chubby Buddha that most people think of when they hear Buddha. He is a different person entirely.
4. Mount Everest is entirely the property of Nepal and not China.

It is a coin with two sides. Tourism is kind of a backbone to our economy. But with tourists came unmanaged garbage in mountain areas, drug cultures like heroin and cocaine, and also the pile of dead bodies of mountain climbers lying there helpless and unclaimed in the mountains.

Oh, a very good question. Yeah, there are a lot of people who literally shout "Oh King, come and save your kingdom" whenever our ex-king passes by. The Civil War led by the communists was a brutal one (my own father, a journalist, had to go into hiding and couldn't be with me and my mother at the time of my birth for writing an article that negatively impacted the rebels), with a heavy death toll, and all it gave was an unstable government and few positives, like improved relationships with India and China. Lots of people openly support the restoration of Monarchy. The monarchy previously was a relatively democratic one with the Parliament and the Prime Minister's government holding a significant amount of power themselves.

Well, the royalty to pay for mountain climbing is crazy high, so people would think twice before making the decision to pay for what could be their death.

Yeah, it is the second biggest besides Hinduism. Technically, Buddhism can be considered an aspect of Hinduism as Buddha is believed to be the reincarnation of Vishnu, a Hindu god, who has 10 incarnations.