What would be the ramifications of a Sikkim that remained independent, similar to Nepal and Bhutan?
What would be the ramifications of a Sikkim that remained independent, similar to Nepal and Bhutan?
Sikkim's status was a bone of contention between India and China. If it hadn't been absorbed into India, its possible that its internal politics could spill over, involving India and China in some sort of dispute?
But that's really scraping the barrel. It probably would just be another team in the Olympics and another chair in the UN Assembly.