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Tshering Tobgay began his term as prime minister in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Sunday, the country’s king announced on Facebook. Earlier this month, Tobgay had won only the fourth parliamentary election in the country known for its Gross National Happiness, a kind of index that takes into account physical as well as mental health to measure collective happiness. Tobgay was previously prime minister from 2013 to 2018. The Buddhist country lies between the superpowers of India and China. It has fewer than 800,000 inhabitants and is roughly the size of western German state of Baden-Württe…

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