i dont think this has been posted before. But newsweek came out with the top 10 countries, i wondered what you guys thought. here they are with a short description...
1) Sweden - High marks for health care and innovation
2) America - Geopolitical and entreprenurial powerhouse
3) Norway - Tops on the UN development index in 2003 and 2004
4) Japan - Little country that could: industrial titan, major donor
5) Holland - Combines a healthy liberal ethic with business savvy
6) Australia - Drawing energy from recent immmigration influx
7) France - Culture, cuisine... and still the catalyst for Europe
8) Ireland - Transformed itself from backwater to outsourcing center
9) Singapore - City-state with a corporate mind-set, clean government
10) Canada - Quiet, but a model for the open, well-rounded society
Obviously, these are not the worlds most powerful countries, but tops in certain criteria (whatever that is). They also gave marks for other things such as best country to be a student and so forth, and it seems the Scandinavia/Iceland seemed to come out with surprisingly high marks.
1) Sweden - High marks for health care and innovation
2) America - Geopolitical and entreprenurial powerhouse
3) Norway - Tops on the UN development index in 2003 and 2004
4) Japan - Little country that could: industrial titan, major donor
5) Holland - Combines a healthy liberal ethic with business savvy
6) Australia - Drawing energy from recent immmigration influx
7) France - Culture, cuisine... and still the catalyst for Europe
8) Ireland - Transformed itself from backwater to outsourcing center
9) Singapore - City-state with a corporate mind-set, clean government
10) Canada - Quiet, but a model for the open, well-rounded society
Obviously, these are not the worlds most powerful countries, but tops in certain criteria (whatever that is). They also gave marks for other things such as best country to be a student and so forth, and it seems the Scandinavia/Iceland seemed to come out with surprisingly high marks.