The Greatest Nation on Earth

smurgen

What in your opinion is the greatest nation/race on earth?

For me i'd pick Japan.The people there just seem to be able to rebuild quickly no matter what happens like ww2 or the tsunami.They seem to be very proud people and put a lot of importance on education and hard work.

So which country or race of people would you choose and why?

kirving

'murica!

El Weirdo

Kevin Irving wrote: »

'murica!

Fuck yeah!

Chucken

The Peoples Republic Of Cork.

Washington Irving

Ireland



























:pac:

Death and Taxes

Iceland, one letter and real balls seperate them from us, they stood up for themselves, told the International Banks, the Brits and the Dutch to F off, now they are in economic recovery and have their soverignty!

senorwipesalot

Ireland, ten years ago was the greatest place on earth.

bleg

South Sudan.

endacl

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Iceland, two letters and real balls seperate them from us, they stood up for themselves, told the International Banks, the Brits and the Dutch to F off, now they are in economic recovery and have their soverignty!

Two letters? Are they better at spelling too?

Death and Taxes

endacl wrote: »

Two letters? Are they better at spelling too?

I deserve that:o
Now watch the less than ninja edit, you horrible grammar nazi:D

Mr Benevolent

Germany or Switzerland.

electrobanana

Dance nation 2000

Fr_Dougal

endacl wrote: »

Two letters? Are they better at spelling too?

Well he's kinda right...swapping the 'c' for the 'r' involves two letters...

1ZRed

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Iceland, one letter and real balls seperate them from us, they stood up for themselves, told the International Banks, the Brits and the Dutch to F off, now they are in economic recovery and have their soverignty!

+ they have reindeer

Richard Hillman

Kevin Irving wrote: »

'murica!

They invented democracy, free speech and capitalism.

telekon

In the risk of sounding unpopulist, Germany. Theyre holding Europe together single handedly at the moment and came storming back in zero time after the complete destruction that was WWII.

PizzamanIRL

Kazahkstan.

Death and Taxes

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They invented democracy, free speech and capitalism.

They certainly didn't invent capitalism, for the origins of capitalism I suggest you read Weber's Spirit of capitalism

Owryan

The BRITISH !!!!!!!!!!!

Did you not watch that series on sky where they proclaimed their brilliance and took credit for everything ever invented or made?????

Shower of self obsessed pricks

Laika1986

1ZRed wrote: »

+ they have reindeer

Sure we have plenty of rain here.

Andorra

Nodin

Owryan wrote: »

The BRITISH !!!!!!!!!!!

Did you not watch that series on sky where they proclaimed their brilliance and took credit for everything ever invented or made?????

Shower of self obsessed pricks

Or to put it nicely 'their slightly anglo-centric narrative'.

deman

1ZRed wrote: »

+ they have reindeer

I'm pretty sure they don't.

Nodin

deman wrote: »

I'm pretty sure they don't.

...they do.

Chucken

telekon wrote: »

In the risk of sounding unpopulist, Germany. Theyre holding Europe together single handedly at the moment and came storming back in zero time after the complete destruction that was WWII.

..and sure that wasnt their fault at all....at all.

endacl

WileyCoyote wrote: »

I deserve that:o
Now watch the less than ninja edit, you horrible grammar nazi:D

Shurruptafuq. I'm a nice grammar Nazi. You did bend over and say 'kick me' with that one though!

;-)

endacl

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Well he's kinda right...swapping the 'c' for the 'r' involves two letters...

Semantics, Dougal. Semantics.....

endacl

1ZRed wrote: »

+ they have reindeer

No they don't.*






*well, they do. But only in the same way we do here.

Washington Irving

endacl wrote: »

No they don't.*






*well, they do. But only in the same way we do here.

We don't have wild reindeer, Iceland do

saintsaltynuts

The Chinese.A great bunch of lads.

Sulla Felix

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They invented democracy, free speech and capitalism.

Wrong on all counts.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Australia. No explanation required.

RossyG

Owryan wrote: »

The BRITISH !!!!!!!!!!!

Did you not watch that series on sky where they proclaimed their brilliance and took credit for everything ever invented or made?????

Shower of self obsessed pricks

Well, that didn't take long.

endacl

SaulGoode9 wrote: »

We don't have wild reindeer, Iceland do

Iceland have a non indigenous species, introduced from Norway. And are therefore not the greatest nation on earth. Stick to the point!

Da Shins Kelly

The Japanese have also done some terrible things to the Chinese. They refuse to properly acknowledge their wartime atrocities against China and have made historically revisionist comments about the Nanking Massacre which they committed in 1937. Their history books have attempted to whitewash Japanese wrong-doing with regards to sex slaves and forced suicides during World War II, which has been a source of controversy across Asia. So, their "pride" can work in horrible ways too, to be fair.

For me, I'm gonna say Brazil. They know how to have a good time.

Death and Taxes

endacl wrote: »

Iceland have a non indigenous species, introduced from Norway. And are therefore not the greatest nation on earth. Stick to the point!

The Reindeer were never the reason I said they were the greatest nation on earth, which they are!

endacl

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They invented democracy, free speech and capitalism.

No. They invented basketball, rock 'n' roll, and crap food.

endacl

WileyCoyote wrote: »

The Reindeer were never the reason I said they were the greatest nation on earth, which they are!

Is it because of the geothermal underfloor heating and Bjork?

OneArt

Swaziland. Where cannabis grows everywhere and your mother waters them because of the "lovely flowers".

Death and Taxes

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Iceland, one letter and real balls seperate them from us, they stood up for themselves, told the International Banks, the Brits and the Dutch to F off, now they are in economic recovery and have their soverignty!

for the above reasons

gallag

Owryan wrote: »

The BRITISH !!!!!!!!!!!

Did you not watch that series on sky where they proclaimed their brilliance and took credit for everything ever invented or made?????

Shower of self obsessed pricks

Why did you watch it is the question? Why the Irish have such an obsession with all things British I will never know. Also, did they wrongly clame any inventions or are you just disgusted at the self obsession while interested enough to watch it lol.

You could of said the British for other reasons, for being a good home to millions of Irish that moved there for some reason, or looking at how they came from being a war mongering empire building nation to being a complete democracy allowing country's like N.I and Scotland independence if they so wish. Or in a recession increasing foreign aid to 12billion.

gallag

OneArt wrote: »

Swaziland. Where cannabis grows everywhere and your mother waters them because of the "lovely flowers".

Infact, **** the British, I am changing my answer to this.

Red Pepper

Sweden.

But only in summertime.

Fromthetrees

It's a hard one but I'd have to say it's Somalia, well, it's my kinda place, however,

if you're NOT into drought, famine and disease, fighting for or against warlords and militias, dealing with currupt politicians, willing to join Islamic jihad or be a pirate looting ships in international water than it's probably not for you.

GalwayGuy2

Tbf America does have the whole multiracial thing going well.

But keep on the America bashing, it certainly makes us feel better about our little rock in the sea:P

Lawrence1895

Papua New Guinea

Jan Hus

Stop this all you narrow minded people. As a cosmopolitan I would have to say the world

Jan Hus

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

Tbf America does have the whole multiracial thing going well.

But keep on the America bashing, it certainly makes us feel better about our little rock in the sea:P

I hate to generalise but Americans in my experience tend to lack basic intelligence. This is after all the nation of Sarah Palin, she is fairly representative of most Americans.

Run_to_da_hills

America.

Well they certainly like to think they are.

Duggys Housemate

gallag wrote: »

Why did you watch it is the question? Why the Irish have such an obsession with all things British I will never know. Also, did they wrongly clame any inventions or are you just disgusted at the self obsession while interested enough to watch it lol.

You could of said the British for other reasons, for being a good home to millions of Irish that moved there for some reason, or looking at how they came from being a war mongering empire building nation to being a complete democracy allowing country's like N.I and Scotland independence if they so wish. Or in a recession increasing foreign aid to 12billion.

Part of the "obsession" ( which in this thread is one post) is because they were pretty bad running Ireland. Your post misses the other stuff, as late as the 60's the empire was engaging in ethnic cleansing and mass killings against independence movements. .

golden lane

Jan Hus wrote: »

I hate to generalise but Americans in my experience tend to lack basic intelligence. This is after all the nation of Sarah Palin, she is fairly representative of most Americans.

yes, they are all idiots......won't be long before they starve to death......on the moon..

golden lane

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

Part of the "obsession" ( which in this thread is one post) is because they were pretty bad running Ireland. Your post misses the other stuff, as late as the 60's the empire was engaging in ethnic cleansing and mass killings against independence movements. .

does that hurt......??????

nobody else outside ireland seems bothered.....