[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

It seems like money comes to the average Nepalese in two forms: RAF pensions and when foreigners request their services when pilgrimaging K-2 and Mount Everest. When the topic is brought up with government officials in interviews for example, it gets shut down and they leave the room.

[alancalverd]

By "money" you presumably mean "foreign money". The sovereign monarchy of Nepal has  been around for about 300 years, long before the RAF (I think you mean Army pensions) or even the identification of Everest on western maps. Whatever the internal currency, it seemed to work OK and still does: there is agriculture, manufacturing, and internal trade, so we must assume that money has changed hands for at least that length of time in Nepal.

[Petrochemicals]

It seems like money comes to the average Nepalese in two forms: RAF pensions and when foreigners request their services when pilgrimaging K-2 and Mount Everest. When the topic is brought up with government officials in interviews for example, it gets shut down and they leave the room.

Are you aware that k2 is no where near everest, it is in Pakistani kashmir.

[evan_au]

Are you talking about government corruption?

On this 2021 index, Nepal gets a score of 33%, and comes 117th on the list, along with Egypt, Philippines and Zambia.
https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021

For comparison, some English-speaking countries include:
- New Zealand 88%
- United Kingdom 78%
- United States 67%
- Fiji 55%
- Philippines 33%