Bhutan's national assembly has banned laptops, nominally to prevent officials from distracting themselves with games and "pictures" (though there's nothing in the article to suggest this has been a problem in the past — this could just be garden variety authoritarianism that uses games as a scapegoat):
The national assembly in newly democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop computers into the house for fear they might spend their time playing computer games.
"The members can be distracted playing games and viewing pictures," said Nima Tshering, speaker of the assembly
(Thanks, Razib!)
