Some years ago, an American soldier on a bus inSweden told the man sitting next to him, 'America is the mostdemocratic country in the world. Ordinary citizens may go to the WhiteHouse to see the President and discuss things with him'. "The man said, 'That's nothing. In Sweden, the King and the peopletravel on the same bus.' " When the man got off the bus at the next stop, the American was toldby other passengers that he had been sitting next to King Gustav AdolfVI.