At the end of World War 2 Japan and Germany were in much dire circumstances than Nepal has ever been. Both Japan and Germany not only bankrupted themselves financially fighting the war, millions of their able men were sacrificed overseas that yielded little for their countries.

At home, their countries were bombed literally to dust and debris including being bombed with two atom bombs in Japan's case. On top of all the loss of life and property their homelands were occupied by victorious armies at the end of World War 2.


Yokohama, Japan where shantytown sprang up after B-29 bombers destroyed the original buildings.

Decades following the WW2 Germany and Japan emerged as economic powerhouses of the world.

Political democracy is a minimum requirement for any society to prosper however political democracy alone is not sufficient. It's social democracy that determines if political democracy remains functional (or dysfunctional). B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Constitution of India in the post-British India studied and has written extensively about what social democracy does to make political democracy work (or not to work).