congratulations norway

[Bakis]

Yea we hate Swedes. And germans. And people from eastern europe. And the middle east. And Russians. And most danes hate eachother too

Worst part is that it is impossible to talk pick up danish girls without using english which feels stiff being so close.
Norweigen girls are better imo

[CptEgo]

Worst part is that it is impossible to talk pick up danish girls without using english which feels stiff being so close.
Norweigen girls are better imo

Danish girls are spoiled brats, if you don't look like Ryan Gosling, you can forget it.

[XDurionX]

Worst part is that it is impossible to talk pick up danish girls without using english which feels stiff being so close.
Norweigen girls are better imo

There´s nothing wrong with feeling stiff while being close after picking up girls. It´s just natural. Somebody had to do it.

[Belize]

Best Korea not #1-5? Hah, silly chart.

[Calfredd]

Best Korea not #1-5? Hah, silly chart.

They were not polled because it would be too unfair for the other countries.

[Deleted]

A freedom chart!!!
Haven't seen one in ages

[Revi]

Best as in.. what? Best how?

Most democratic?

If we're the most democratic, the rest of the world must be thoroughly fucked.

[Deleted]

Germany on rank 8 while Austria is only at "Very High"? Sorcery!

[Deleted]

Looks like I'm changing my name to Sven and immigrating!

loljk

[Revi]

Looks like I'm changing my name to Sven and immigrating!

loljk

No one's called Sven anymore, we'd see right through you, you dirty foreigner.

[Deleted]

No one's called Sven anymore, we'd see right through you, you dirty foreigner.

Bjerk? Bjord?

Mjord?

Er...

Ragnar?

Fuck.

ALRIGHT FINE DEPORT ME.

Not like I wanted to be in a trust fund nation anyway...

What with your superior QOL... Education... Sex lives... Medical care... Employment...

;_;

[Deleted]

I would say Turkey is not middle these days. It's low.

Hungary is "high" according to them, so I wouldn't really take this seriously....

[Belize]

Best as in.. what? Best how?

Most democratic?

If we're the most democratic, the rest of the world must be thoroughly fucked.

Best at being freedomeering. Some countries are good at Football (the black and white ball type). Some countries are good at surrendering. Some are just the best at democracy.

[zorkuus]

Isn't Bjørk Icelandic? That should make it the bottom country in the world...

That's why they didn't even let Iceland participate in this contest.

[Belize]

That's why they didn't even let Iceland participate in this contest.

People live on Iceland? Whaaaaaa...

[zealo]

Yeah, I still can't believe they could with straight faced explain what had transpired and feel they're doing a good thing for the country.

going to be interesting to see what happens later this spring, there is a lot of resistance towards it outside the absolute top in alliansen.

[Deleted]

People live on Iceland? Whaaaaaa...

I though it was white because some volcano made it inhabitable.

[Ravenblade]

Germany made top ten? By making politics tailored to lobby interests? Causing this terrible energy reform which isn't moving a single inch? Yeah, I call bullshit on that. The top ones I can agree though, I mean switzerland and norway actually get to decide some things every now and then in a democratic fashion, not have a bunch of dicks do something and waiting for the next election until some other dickhead might reverse it.

Edit: It also looks like japan got the wrong color on the map.

From their actual breakdown:

Germany:

+0.7 in Politics Score
+3.1 in Economics Score
+1.5 in Environment Score
+1.8 in Gender Equality Score
+1.8 in Health Score
+0.4 in Knowledge Score
+1.7 in Gender Comprehensive Score
+1.3 in Democracy Improvement

Seems the gain is very low in Politics and Knowledge actually which could be ascribed to almost a standard rate growth.

Since the Politics score is specifically being criticized here:

Weighting:
P1 25% (Political rights: Freedom House);
P2 25% (Civil liberties: Freedom House);
P3 25% (Global Gender Gap Report: World Economic Forum);
P4 10% (Press freedom: Freedom House);
P5 10% (Corruption Perceptions Index: Transparency International);
P6 2.5% (Change of the head of government -- last 13 years, peaceful);
P7 2.5% (Political party change of the head of government -- last 13 years, peaceful).

Seems the effect of actual politics was irrelevant to the study. Which is no surprise because the effects of policies could then be split apart again in dimensions like iteration, short-/mid-/long-term efficiency, planning, level of reaction, escalation, challenge resilience etc. Which would be interesting to see but again it's not part of the study.

In my opinion being in the top ten is not the issue, not being number one is.

[wowaccounttom]

what do they mean by democracy...

cause last i checked, the u.s isnt one.

[Belize]

I'm sure Iceland elected not to participate due that one very obtuse guy who would just speak ill of the government, and that's like 46% disapproval rating right there.

Damnit old man Björn, the government is not trying to take you land away, they just want to mow your lawn and see if they can stop the exploding volcanoes!