Uh, I know this is ancient history, which makes it even more curious, but, since when is "North America" a "Country"??? Oh, this must be a time traveler from aboot 18 months from now when the great Economic (Slave Nation) Power known as the "North American Union" is Formalized and unified while the millions of police (slaves) with full-automatic machine guns control the populace (slaves) for their masters (who will kill them nearly as fast as they kill the rest). Excuse me while I go buy some more "resistance" to give to the Chinese Army when they go door to door looking for rebels...

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I hail from the Great Northwest of the United States of America, and live in a lonely, isolated region often referred to in local vernacular as "the forgotten corner." This is because it is literally on the way to nowhere. But more importantly, the media hasn't promoted it as "the last great place," or, "best place to retire" as they have done with the Northwest towns of Sandpoint Idaho or Kalispell Montana. These towns have all but lost their small town flavor, and are now awash in inflated real estate, traffic congestion and much of the crime of the big city. For this alone I give my particular county a 10, but for reasons I shall go into below, I can't say the same for the rest of the country.

Our closest metropolis isn't really a city in the true sense, but rather a big hick town with a corrupt, inbred government and an even bigger inbred population. Strike one. And it's a good two and half hours away, thank God. A half hour north are the picturesque, postcard towns of British Columbia's beautiful Kootenai region that, while lovely and culturally rich, are not a huge attraction for the average American tourist who's not going to venture too far out of his way for something not advertised in the slick pages of a magazine. The engineered oil/gas shortage will discourage even the most ardent traveler from crossing the border. And don't even get me started on the falling dollar. Why, in my day (*hobbles along on cane*), folks in these parts could drive up to Canada and have lunch (with a Molson's beer, eh?) for pennies on the dollar. Nowadays, you're more likely to see Canadians drive down here to take advantage of the pitiful, falling dollar.

I fear for the state of a once great nation that's been hijacked by the federal reserve and the elite banking cartel who pulls its slippery strings. When Nixon took the country off the gold standard in 1971, inflation via the federal reserve exploded in the 70's to the very levels of insanity we're suffering under today. Shut down American industry through "free" trade and initiatives for globalization (think NAFTA and WTO) and you've got a recipe for an economic depression of the worst order. Strike two. We survived the depression of the 30's because much of the population of the time was agrarian. Now, of the small percentage that live in rural communities, an even smaller percentage is actually involved in some manner of food production, be it growing a small family garden or producing goat cheese for the local food co-op. The people of this country have lost touch with their farming roots - much to their peril. Strike three.

But it gets worse. Big agri-business (affectionately referred to as "big agra") has done a bang-up job of usurping the traditional American farmer and dissuading future generations from working the family farm. Franken-food giant Monsanto, among other evils, sues small farmers for having the audacity to use their own seeds, and time after time these monsters who force feed the population genetically altered food and Bovine Growth Hormone are supported by our corrupt Food and Drug Administration. Strike four. Foreign interests are purchasing our water rights, and the NAFTA superhighway (owned in part by a Spanish corporation) is being quietly built by the Bush *gasps* administration. Strike five. Somehow, this endeavor of huge proportions and ramifications to the American public manages to stay off the media's radar. Nothing to see here, sheeple. Move along now whilst we fill your mind with depraved images of Britney Spears and Whores Gone Wild. In this once great land, the media gatekeepers have decided your thoughts should be focused on sexual deviancy, not the takeover of your country. Indeed, your average citizen can name the latest American Idol winner, but can't point out the United States on a map. Strike six.

I suppose that shouldn't come as a total surprise, though. Don't quote me, but just ten years ago I believe there were around 50 media corporations in this country. Since that time the number has shrunk to just one fifth of that. We now have but a handful of commercial media operations that control, censor and disseminate what we are allowed to see on TV, hear on the radio, and read in the newspapers. Strike seven. I'm speaking of the major outlets, of course. These conventional channels of censorship are now being challenged by alternative news sources on the internet, so there is hope - until they figure out some way to shut down the internet as we now know it.

The once great United States of America has, for the last several decades, been a pawn in the hands of an old, banking gentry who - through economic means - have used the military might of America to police the world to achieve their own, filthy ends. Strike eight. Now that we have served our purpose, it's time to assimilate us into a proposed entity called the North American Union - which will be serviced by the NAFTA super-highway now under way. Globalists are fond of referring to this highway as a "corridor," insinuating it's not owned by the nation it flows through. We will be brought to our knees by a "conspiracy of scarcity," wherein this banking cartel will use contrived food/oil/water issues to put citizens into a fear mode. They create the problem, then they offer a draconian "solution." Strike nine. When people are worried about where their next meal is coming from, it's much easier to strip them of their sovereignty and force them to go along with the program. The program in this case will be ridiculous environmental taxes, more state control, acceptance of a new currency: The Amero, and ultimately, submersion into the North American Union.

These tactic are nothing new. Revisit the Bolshevik revolution of 1913 also funded by the same banking elite. Their puppet, Joseph Stalin, used food as his weapon of choice in bringing the dissenters to their knees, and starved out 14.5 million people. Think about it. History seems to have a cyclical nature to it, and those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. Let's not forget what those who seek great wealth and power are capable of.

That leads me to my rating of a paltry one. We would be well advised to adopt the Austrian economic model touted by Congressman Ron Paul, thus ridding America of the parasitic entity that calls itself the federal reserve. This must happen if we are to bring the United States up from my rating of 1 to 10. The only presidential candidate addressing the reality of our economic peril is Ron Paul. And he's the only candidate qualified to do so. And now you understand why the controlled media choose to ignore him.

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I live in Brisbane, Australia. One of the largest metropolitan cities in the world by size (as the WHOLE of greater Brisbane is governed by the one council, not like in cities like Sydney and London where the main city CBD is governed by the city council and the rest is separate cities all together by urban sprawl) and it is pretty big. That's pretty bad, we have a large city and a relatively small CBD... hmmm. Traffic is a nightmare. Public Transport is a nightmare.

Yes, we have a whole series of busways under construction/completed (the SE Busway, Stages 2 and 3 of the INB (stage 1, the most important, opens later this month) and stage 1 of the boggo road busway is complete and functional with the rest of the busway opening in 2009, and the busway to the north (from the inner northern busway all the way until the end of the city) will be finished in 2014, with stage 1 just starting now. hmm... but our series of Busways can only do so much... and eventually will get overcrowded. The SE Busway has already hit its capacity in peak with many bus jams occuring (yes, bus jams).

The Lord Mayor is planning on building a whole link of tunnels (he is a very tunnel obsessed man) about 5 in total, but 1 will now be a bridge. All will be tolled, and I can bet you they will do anything to make it as cheap as possible, which will mean cutting corners and reducing effectivity.

Then we have the Health System issues... the state government made a big media frenzy stating they are spending $3 billion on hospitals about 2 years ago when we had a massive health crisis, and it still is pretty bad. Education system is bad as well, and pretty corrupt. The government gives 3 times as much money each year to each private school in comparison to each public government funded school. Plus the private schools get $10,000 each year from each student that attends. So the divide between the quality of Private schools and Public (State) schools is pretty big and unfair.
Ok OK I go to a private school, but I think they get too much and the school just spends like there is no tomorrow. As well as getting millions of dollars in donations from rich old-boys. So unfair. And I wonder why they end up with a $15 million debt, the school just spends and spends and our school fees just rise and rise. The upper part of our school (which is grades 7 - 12, 6 year levels in total, the prep school has grades R - 6) has around 10 executives. Compare that to the Prep school which has 7 grades and about 5 executives. Some of the roles that are filled are pretty pointless... Director of Philanthropy gets $150,000 a year, then you have the headmaster who probably gets a good $200,000 as well as a school owned mansion and executive cars and free trips overseas and wherever he wants. There is also the head chaplain, head of senior school (grades 10-12) and head of middle school (grade 7 - 9) and all these managers of teaching and learning, thinking (I still wonder why they need a manager of 'thinking'). All these heads I just listed probably get a good $200,000 a year too. Plus each year the school buys new laptops for all the staff, about 100 teachers say? 100 x $3000 laptop = lots of $$$$$. So when you look at it, a lot of our money is being wasted on people on pointless positions and crap. It's unfair, and we can't afford to spend $13,000 each year for my education, but the only alternative is going to a state school, which are severely underfunded and have bad education facilities.

And of course the QLD State Government knows about this, they are just as corrupt. Each night you see a minister in court for siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state budget into their own pockets, and then when the public really wants a new thing for their town, the government makes a big lie and says they cannot afford it. The Brisbane City Council is pretty good, but the State Government is sadly ruining our state, and the opposition have no plans for the future either so we have to vote for the devil we know than the devil we don't know. It's horrible.

Many Queenslanders hate our government, and its even worse now that the ALP (in power in state) now have control over the whole country. The last time they were in office, interest rates hit 18% because of their horrible policies and they seem to spend a lot and end up in big debts.
Some people also had an online petition to get the QLD and NSW State Governments scrapped all together and have those powers given to the local councils, as the NSW Government has done a lot of atrocious things to Sydney too and has no plans or hope at all. So to keep their position strongly, the QLD Gov. simple amalgamated half the councils into super shires without any referendum. Unfair, I know.

So that ends my rant on how things are run here. Feel free to comment.

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I live in Fiji, and I must say, prices of food,petrol and anything you can name is really costly here...We also have some outdated technology so everything here sucks... So my rating is

Culture - 5.5/10

Population - 3/10

Women Rights - 6/10

Consumer Rights - 6.75/10

Politics - 0/10( The government got kicked out by the military )

Corruption Control - 2.5/10

IQ - 6/10 ( most people here are average)

My overall rating is 6/10, Prices are high, but the natural side is very nice and enjoyable. Also pretty hot

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I live in India. And I'm really proud to be one among here. When it comes to rating, Nobody in the whole country can give a overall rating for this country. That is why it is said to have diversified cultures, its quite natural people having difference in opinion. And that too we are more than 100 Crores. So, I'm more than sure, Nobody can give a overall rating. Lemme try my best to rate My Motherland in some various aspects.

Culture - 7/10

Population - 9/10 (10/10 goes to China)

women rights - 5/10

Consumer rights - 2/10

Effective Politics - 1/10 (Atleast, that is what politics is)

Corruption control - .01/10

Overall IQ rating - 9/10 (Most of them were non-residents here)

All in all a mixed and super dooper country

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