Yes, Nepal is pretty small, but people are forgetting nepal has got 30million people, even if they invade Nepal, they cannot cleanse a population of 30 million, even if our national army fails but they will meet with resistance, just think about rebel groups in India, they have not defeated rebels within their own territories. It's not easy to invade a sovereign nation, Nepal may find it hard to achieve the level of stability that we are hoping due to constant power play. Think about Vietnam War or Afghanistan, the most powerful force in the world did not come out on the top.
And talking about integration of science and technology in the society, mediocre middle class ain't gonna do a shit, they keep bitching about things and get a big boner when politicians talk big and settle for armchair activision. How many of us know many industries are there in Nepal and their socio economic impact.
On a positive note things are not bad as we assume from out of the country, in macro level Nepal is growing, just for an example, Nepal is putting up bike assembly lines for TVS, Bajaj, Yamaha and Honda with combined investment of NPR 18Billion with a B, so don't be disheartened, if the state fails then many of us will come together to putup a resistance bro...like terminator...