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Post by spaceflower on Aug 4, 2017 10:11:52 GMT
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Post by Moose on Aug 4, 2017 17:07:23 GMT
I bet the US is plummeting in all respects.
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Post by tangent on Aug 4, 2017 23:06:26 GMT
Maybe Betsy DeVos will be able to improve things
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Post by JoeP on Aug 5, 2017 17:40:58 GMT
South Africa (51st overall) is 1st in "International Peace and Security"! Due, it seems, to lots of peacekeeping forces supplied, and lots of UN cooperation. Unexpected but not really a surprise.
... And 160th out of 163 in "Prosperity and Equality". Well, no surprise there.
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Post by Moose on Aug 5, 2017 18:17:43 GMT
What is bottom on prosperity and equality then?
Though I'll wager that there are some VERY prosperous people in SA ..
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Post by JoeP on Aug 5, 2017 20:14:20 GMT
I haven't found a way to sort the countries by each category - only "overall" - so it's not simple to find out.
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Post by spaceflower on Aug 6, 2017 14:31:43 GMT
In Culture, Belgium is No 1, Denmark is 2, Sweden is 3, Austria is 4, Netherlands is 5, Germany is 7, UK is 11, Finland is 16. In Planet and Climate, Iceland is No 1. Norway is 2, Switzerland is 3. Portugal is 4, Sweden is 7. Countries at the bottom are Syria, Suriname, Iraq, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Libya. goodcountry.org/index/results
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Post by Moose on Aug 6, 2017 15:09:02 GMT
I've never even heard of Suriname!
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Post by tangent on Aug 6, 2017 15:42:51 GMT
Suriname was a Dutch colony and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands until 1975, when it became an independent state. It nestles between Guyana to the west, French Guiana to the East and Brazil to the south.
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Post by Moose on Aug 6, 2017 16:19:57 GMT
Thank you
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Post by tangent on Aug 6, 2017 16:41:19 GMT
You're welcome
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Post by Mari on Aug 9, 2017 17:51:35 GMT
We traded New York (before that New Amsterdam) for Suriname. We were idiots.
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Post by Moose on Aug 9, 2017 18:06:19 GMT
Ha!
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Post by whollygoats on Aug 12, 2017 1:00:47 GMT
We traded New York (before that New Amsterdam) for Suriname. We were idiots. I think that 'trade' was made at the point of a gun.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Aug 14, 2017 10:24:13 GMT
But on the upside, you get Surinamese food in the Netherlands which is delish!
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