About the comparison: Mongolia is the most 'democratic' state in the area. You don't have to face police corruption (robbers in uniform) or bureaucratic insanit

About the comparison: Mongolia is the most 'democratic' state in the area. You don't have to face police corruption (robbers in uniform) or bureaucratic insanity like in man ex-Soviet states. That was very relaxing for me, because I hated the daily encounters with uniformed robbers in Kazakhstan. And the Mongolians are nomads. So they have a tradition of traveling. Traveling is the most normal thing to do there. As a traveler this makes me somehow feel at home. The key for Mongolia is time. The country is so big, you need time to explore and to learn how things are working there.