Brah"man" dude ---------"Nepal is far too much fragmented to be a viable democratic republic......." well, if you were to argue on that basis, other countries are at even situation. An example sits right next door to Nepal. Take India for example. There are people of more than hundred different races having more than hundred different languages and dialects. There are hardly anything in common between these races in India from west to east, north to south but still it has managed to remain as a viable democratic republic because there were many visionary leaders who kept that democratic republic going with out breaking up because the leasers and the nation adopted the doctrine of "inclusion" not "exclusion" of different races risiding within the nation of India. India has largely accepted the doctrine of self-determination and implemented on the ground and yet remained to stay as a single strong country as well as to become more and more powerful country in the regional and world stage. Nepal would have been far easier case to manage but still it seems to spun way out of control because there were no such leaders and the administraton throughout the history after the formation of state of Nepal who of course were primairily from the dominant race had no such visionaries. Until this date the nation excercises the policy of exclusion "exclusion." Even the so called modern constitution of Nepal in the context of Nepal, bears the testament. The threat of British colonial expansion is long gone and its relevance has been left far behind in the shrouds of history. The long gone threat of British colonial expansion is no longer an excuse to keep monarchy alive which of course has become more like a "pain in the ass**" instead of being anything useful. Only those countries whose so called elite class refused to give up some space and allow "exclusion" to take hold has fragmented into smaller nations. Yougslavia is given by Bhra"Man"' as an example. Those countries which have exercised "inclusion" have remained to stay strong as a multicultural, multilingual society within the framework of a single nation.