Greatest Country in the World

Originally Posted by RTW King

Post whatever you think the greatest modern day country in the world is and state your reasons why.

I say Scotland because it had the greatest warriors ever in the Caledonians, one of the few peoples to totally resist the Romans. Also invented TV, telephone, steam train, radar, golf, football and whisky.

Well, there's considerable disagreement about the telephone and TV. Americans played huge roles in the development of both, and its inaccurate to say that the Scots invented them.

and it takes an Irishman to play the pipes

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Switzerland. The government works perfectly, it's one of the oldest countries in europe, everyone is rich as hell and they have produced the world's best tennis player.

Originally Posted by Berserker!

Scotland!

The best place in the world. We have a lot of good poets, good historically great leaders and much more. And the bagpipes fills my heart every eime I hear it. By the way, In WWII, When Germans heard the bagpipes, they ran away.

I do admit that Scotland rules, i lived there for 4 years and i still love Bagpipes and Runrig! they rock!

United States of America, probably the state of Virginia in particular.

I've been to many countires, and I just like mine the best. (not trying to start a flame war)

No offense, but I find this to be a little silly. What does it mean to be great? What yardstick are we using? And what sort of low-rents would vote for any country other than their own, given an opportunity?

All that being said, assuming I cannot say US of A, I say Italy or China. Plenty of cultures have donated to our cultural legacy, but these two nations are the heavyweights in terms of total contributions.