Kalmykia

I didn’t even know Europe had a Buddhist country:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmykia

Although I guess it’s actually part of the Russian Federation. Check out this gem about its president: “Ilyumzhinov’s election platform for the presidency of Kalmykia included a promise of a mobile phone for every shepherd and the affirmation of his belief that he had previously been abducted by aliens.“