What is the best country?

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
Canada	11
United States of America	8
United Kingdom	4
Spain	3
Australia	3
Japan	3
France	2
Norway	2
Sweden	2
Laos	1
New Zealand	1
El Salvador	1
Ivory Coast	1
Senegal	1
Italy	1
Hong Kong	1
India	1
Republic of Ireland	1
Reunion	1
Zimbabwe	1
Georgia	1
Russia	1
Israel	1
Colombia	1
Belarus	1
Uzbekistan	1
Ukraine	1
Malawi	1
Netherlands	1
Lesotho	1
Yugoslavia	1
Mexico	1
Cambodia	1
Chile	1
Bangladesh	1
Paraguay	0
Moldova	0
Mauritius	0
Peru	0
Philippines	0
Romania	0
Mongolia	0
Nigeria	0
Namibia	0
Oman	0
Pakistan	0
Nepal	0
Panama	0
Mozambique	0
Morocco	0
Papua New Guinea	0
Mauritania	0
Poland	0
Portugal	0
Tanzania	0
Thailand	0
Trinidad and Tobago	0
Tunisia	0
Turkey	0
Uganda	0
United Arab Emirates	0
Uruguay	0
Venezuala	0
Vietnam	0
Yemen	0
Taiwan	0
Switzerland	0
Swaziland	0
Puerto Rico	0
Qatar	0
Rwanda	0
Samoa	0
Saudi Arabia	0
Singapore	0
Slovakia	0
Slovenia	0
South Africa	0
Sri Lanka	0
Sudan	0
Zambia	0
Malta	0
Albania	0
China	0
Costa Rica	0
Croatia	0
Cuba	0
Cyprus	0
Czech Republic	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	0
Denmark	0
Djibouti	0
Ecuador	0
Egypt	0
Eritrea	0
Estonia	0
Cameroon	0
Burkina Faso	0
Algeria	0
Angola	0
Argentina	0
Armenia	0
Austria	0
Azerbaijan	0
Bahrain	0
Barbados	0
Belgium	0
Bolivia	0
Botswana	0
Brazil	0
Brunei	0
Ethiopia	0
Fiji	0
Finland	0
Kenya	0
Korea	0
Kuwait	0
Kyrgyzstan	0
Latvia	0
Lebanon	0
Bulgaria	0
Libya	0
Lithuania	0
Luxemburg	0
Macau	0
Macedonia	0
Madagascar	0
Kazakhstan	0
Jordan	0
French Polynesia	0
Gambia	0
Germany	0
Ghana	0
Greece	0
Guam	0
Guatemala	0
Guyana	0
Hungary	0
Iceland	0
Indonesia	0
Iran	0
Jamaica	0
Malaysia	0

― Jeff, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:07 (eighteen years ago)

Yugoslavia?

― onimo, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:11 (eighteen years ago)

i want andorra, and i want it now

― bobby bedelia, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:12 (eighteen years ago)

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41798000/jpg/_41798970_usa416.jpg

― TOMBOT, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:14 (eighteen years ago)

Wot no Western Sahara?

― Chris in Belfast, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:15 (eighteen years ago)

Seems like cheating to go for one's own country. I might vote for Cambodia, I dunno.

― chap, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:16 (eighteen years ago)

List is not accurate. Sorry for those folks that wanted to vote for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, etc.

This was the listing I could copy and paste the easiest.

― Jeff, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:16 (eighteen years ago)

I assume it will probably come down to G8 countries anyway.

― Jeff, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:17 (eighteen years ago)

Seems like cheating to go for one's own country.

Not if you live in the best one! And I do, so nyah.

― kenan, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:18 (eighteen years ago)

see, i figured this was going to be a parody poll that only had the US

― river wolf, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:20 (eighteen years ago)

write in: Freedonia

― bnw, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:21 (eighteen years ago)

Mars

― TOMBOT, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

Reunion FTW

― blueski, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

Ooh no inter-UK or indeed Korean distinction either.

Sorry, I abstain.

― Chris in Belfast, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:23 (eighteen years ago)

EU should count as one country, then it would win.

― kenan, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:25 (eighteen years ago)

Principality of Sealand

― river wolf, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:28 (eighteen years ago)

WTF when do I get to see your documentary?

― Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:31 (eighteen years ago)

ahha, an apposite thread for this graph. I vote Sweden:

http://margaux.grandvinum.se/SebTest/wvs/articles/folder_published/article_base_54/images/0valuemap.gif

http://margaux.grandvinum.se/SebTest/wvs/SebTest/wvs/articles/folder_published/article_base_54

― ledge, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

well it MAYBE getting re-edited by a pro?

― river wolf, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

i think george jones is the answer here.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:53 (eighteen years ago)

i'm seconding andorra. now!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:55 (eighteen years ago)

Kevin, you're crazy. It's obviously Willie Nelson. Why would you live in George Jones when you can live in Willie Nelson?!?!

― kenan, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:56 (eighteen years ago)

I mean, George Jones is too polluted.

― kenan, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

Principality of Sealand

lol I figured this would come up

― dan m, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:58 (eighteen years ago)

I'm sorry, but between the pot and the cornmobile, The Willie Republic be smelly.

― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 8 June 2007 16:43 (eighteen years ago)

Scotland

― Dalzinho, Friday, 8 June 2007 16:49 (eighteen years ago)

I decided to vote for Laos.

― chap, Friday, 8 June 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

Isn't Laos landlocked? Just sayin...

― Super Cub, Friday, 8 June 2007 17:11 (eighteen years ago)

It is, but it has an amazing river you can go tubing in.

― chap, Friday, 8 June 2007 18:01 (eighteen years ago)

I just like saying 'Djibouti'.

― Michael White, Friday, 8 June 2007 18:06 (eighteen years ago)

Cuddlestan

― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 8 June 2007 18:21 (eighteen years ago)

i voted cambodia

― jhøshea, Friday, 8 June 2007 18:30 (eighteen years ago)

http://scoopsnoodle.com/sea/seaimages/DSC09346-02.jpg

― jhøshea, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:04 (eighteen years ago)

Get a BRAIN! MORANS
GO USA

― sleep, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

haha haa omg, jhøshea!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:22 (eighteen years ago)

BELARUS! Their main export is TRACTORS to neighboring countries.

― Abbott, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:23 (eighteen years ago)

Hmmm...according to the CIA, as of 2006 Belarus was exporting the 67th highest number of goods, right between Slovenia and Luxembourg.

― Abbott, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

i thought it was white russains lol

― jhøshea, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:28 (eighteen years ago)

My favorite thing in the world as a kid was to look up each county's imports and exports in the encyclopedia. SO many countries, esp. in S. America, have BAUXITE as their main export. And then there's the sorry few who export JUTE.

― Abbott, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:29 (eighteen years ago)

lol nerd

― jhøshea, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:29 (eighteen years ago)

hey, are you dissing jute? >:(

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

DJIBOUTI has some good exports (only one of which counts as an original export): reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit).

― Abbott, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:36 (eighteen years ago)

TOKELAU was listed (as of 2002) as making $0 in exports, putting them at the bottom of the list. And yet it lists the following exports: stamps, copra, handicrafts.

― Abbott, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

They share copra with SEYCHELLES, which also exports cinnamon trees and fish, making the 168th richest in exports (out of 226).

― Abbott, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:39 (eighteen years ago)

One of LAOS' main exports is TIN.

― Abbott, Friday, 8 June 2007 19:40 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

I voted for El Salvador. They produce the most violent criminals, which is something.

― humansuit, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 23:11 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, the suspense is killing me!

― baaderonixx, Thursday, 14 June 2007 10:16 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

I really should've voted for the UK instead of playing fair - I see the Canadians had no such compunctions.

― chap, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:24 (eighteen years ago)

it's not even a real country anyway

― marmotwolof, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:26 (eighteen years ago)

Well, neither is Spain, but poeple voted for that.

― John Justen, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:30 (eighteen years ago)

i voted japan because I am sad like that

― marmotwolof, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:32 (eighteen years ago)

How did Bangladesh get a vote? I thought it was always flooded and guys marry 12 year olds there.
NOT COOL.

― Drooone, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:34 (eighteen years ago)

finland with 0? shocking.

all the countries w/more than one vote = boooooring

― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:36 (eighteen years ago)

i voted japan because I am ~~sad~~ a twee fuxx like that

-- marmotwolof, Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:32 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

fixed

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:37 (eighteen years ago)

I was really hoping more people would be into discussing exports. *96 tears*

― Abbott, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:39 (eighteen years ago)

Why are the Japanese so obsessed with cannabalism? And is that why you voted for them?

― humansuit, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:43 (eighteen years ago)

no i voted for Gundams and shit

― marmotwolof, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:48 (eighteen years ago)

and Iron Chef?

― Drooone, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:49 (eighteen years ago)

Not even the comic porn? The obsession with comic porn? And kamikazes? No? And ritual suicide? Those are all acceptable answers. Iron chef is only the tip of the iceberg.

― humansuit, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:53 (eighteen years ago)

altcountry

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:53 (eighteen years ago)

For Niagara Falls alone, Canada deserves to win.

― 2for25, Friday, 15 June 2007 02:29 (eighteen years ago)

That's true. And for their inability to stay out of fist fights with each other. Hooray for the Canucks.

― humansuit, Friday, 15 June 2007 02:31 (eighteen years ago)

So Niagara Falls is the single best thing in the world then?

― Drooone, Friday, 15 June 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

no, Nintendo is

― marmotwolof, Friday, 15 June 2007 03:33 (eighteen years ago)

No Hutt River Province, No Credibility

― King Boy Pato, Friday, 15 June 2007 04:38 (eighteen years ago)

which side of the falls has the ripley's theater

― A B C, Friday, 15 June 2007 04:40 (eighteen years ago)

western swing

― gabbneb, Friday, 15 June 2007 04:47 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb is on to something... texas is a great and powerful country.

― kenan, Friday, 15 June 2007 04:50 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/because-every-country-is-the-best-at-something/

britain is no.1 for cctv, usa top at serial killing. canada, our poll winner, best for fruit juice drinkers.

― joe, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:27 (fifteen years ago)

QUALITY OF LIFE???

WELL FUCK YOU

― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:33 (fifteen years ago)

sorry, you'd need to have been reading the irish politics thread to understand.

― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:33 (fifteen years ago)

you're poor, but you're happy.

― joe, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:34 (fifteen years ago)

top of the world, ready to jump

― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:35 (fifteen years ago)

http://cm1.theinsider.com/thumbnail/332/475/cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/86/49/juice.jpg

― oreo speed cookie (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:49 (fifteen years ago)

we drink da juice

― oreo speed cookie (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:50 (fifteen years ago)

I hear this CCTV stat for the UK wheeled out ad nauseum but have no idea what it actually means. It seems to hold about as much truth as the supposed fact that us brits are caught on said cameras 300 times a day. The beeb did something last year (which i can't be arsed to look up - it's day 11 of the school hols and frankly my brain is fried) where they estimated that the original figure (4 million cameras?) might have been out by a million, but are these all government cameras? Are cameras on motorways (which I am quite keen on) included? Are speed cameras included? Are cameras owned by private companies, individuals, shopping centres, universities included? I'm not saying we are not one thoroughly watched society (obviously, in some areas, we are) - I'm just keen to know where peeps are getting their figures from.

Someone please point me to the definitive website answering these questions (and more!) kthanx.

― i find music confusing and annoying (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:25 (fifteen years ago)

somehow we find it heartening that Bolivia is number 1 at Brazil nuts.

― rage for the machine (banaka), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:35 (fifteen years ago)

Car thefts?

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:22 (fifteen years ago)

we need a 64 nation tournament for this

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:34 (fifteen years ago)

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