This poll is quite interesting in how it measures countries, and I am not surprised to see the United States, which was once considered the greatest nation on earth sitting below countries like Peru and Brazil, which we are getting a eye full watching the Olympics with all the issues plaguing it at this time. For goodness sake the government is under full assault alone for the failings of their handling the infrastructure for the Olympics alone. That by itself should put it behind the U.S. but for some reason we are down the line. But for the most part the countries on the top are western culture. You can see the full chart when you click on the link below.
According to Independent.co.uk :
Civilians in the eight most industrially advanced nations in the world – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK and the US – ranked the 70 nations across 16 factors including an appealing environment, being safe to visit, socially progressive policies, an effective government, an advanced economy and friendly citizens.
Here is the list up to the United States:
1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Switzerland 4. Australia
5. Norway 6. Finland 7. New Zealand 8. Denmark
9. Ireland 10. Netherlands 11. Austria 12. Italy
13. United Kingdom 14. Japan 15. France 16. Belgium
17. Spain 18. Germany 19.Portugal 20. Singapore
21. Czech Republic 22. Costa Rica 23. Peru 24. Brazil
25. Taiwan 26. Thailand 27. Poland 28. United States
I will not keep you waiting on which countries are on the bottom of this list: Saudi-a Arabia, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq. This was a given, and if you look just a bit further, you will see most of the countries in the middle east. I will let you draw your own conclusions. What do you think of the list?