Development
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, this country rapidly evolved into a world power by the early 1900s -- later playing a significant role in World War II which greatly altered its trajectory until today.
What is Japan?
This country sits as the one with the most billionaires -- even beating those with billions of people.
What is the U.S.?
This country, as the most populated in the world, struggles to keep up with growing demands, leading to several problems facing rural workers and villages.
What is India?
Before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Russia had illegally annexed this peninsula in 2014, though it is still globally recognized as Ukrainian territory.
What is Crimea?
Since the Taliban took over this country in 2021, this country is the only to ban women from achieving an education beyond sixth grade.
What is Afghanistan?
Since the 2010 earthquake, this Caribbean country was devastated economically from the destruction of infrastructure and homes, and it has not since recovered.
What is Haiti?
This country -- despite often being seen as a tax haven and extremely popular tourist destination in the Middle East -- traps foreign workers by stealing their passports and forcing them to work long, grueling hours constantly.
What is the UAE?
Despite being close to the size of Illinois, this country has a population of 177 million -- making it one of the most densely populated country in the world.
What is Bangladesh?
What is the U.S.?
Prior to this country's revolution in 1959, its literacy rates teetered around 50%, though by 1960 skyrocketed to 99.8%. Surprisingly, it outperforms the U.S. in this -- with around 75% of its people with proficient literacy.
What is Cuba?
This Southeast Asian country was created after it was forced out of Malaysia as Malaysia could not afford to maintain it amidst political tensions. After strategically managing its economy, this country developed into an extremely developed nation within just 50 years.
What is Singapore?
Amidst the other Balkan countries, this small and often forgotten country stands out as having made the most substantial economic progress since gaining independence from Yugoslavia, and it continues to pursue reducing its poverty rates.
What is Slovenia?
Despite one of the biggest countries in the world, most of the country lives along the south border while the further north regions are sparsely populated from the extreme cold. This resulted in an extreme housing crisis today from immigrant influxes.
What is Canada?
Despite being the country and continent's ethnic people's group, the Aboriginals only make up about 4% of its population today.
What is Australia?
Because of the vastness of the Amazon and how most of the country's population is situated along the coast, the Amazonian communities of this country oftentimes lack proper education.
What is Brazil?
After U.S. intervention had Muammar Gaddafi killed in a revolution, this country has since been economically demolished to the point that it has open slave markets today.
What is Libya?
Following World War I, the creation of this treaty devastated Germany to the extent that printing both sides of a paper bill was too expensive.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This country introduced the 'one child policy' -- meaning that families were limited to only having one kid or they would need to pay a fine in an effort to combat overpopulation.
What is China?
This Arabic ethnic group was promised to be given their own nation after World War I, but the Turkish Civil War stopped this from happening. Today, they are scattered across Turkiye, Syria, and Iraq and are frequently oppressed.
What are Kurds/Kurdistan?
As this country has been amidst constant war since independence in 2011, school access is extremely limited, alongside dropout rates and teacher shortages being extremely common as well.
What is South Sudan?
Several former French colonies in Africa were given independence under the condition they use this currency controlled by France -- meaning these countries are bound to what France permits them. As such, this is a common example of neocolonialism.
What is the CFA Franc?
Following an economic crisis and extremely rapid inflation, this African country was forced to introduce a 100 trillion-dollar bill before replacing it completely.
What is Zimbabwe?
Surprisingly for its popularity, this country has the lowest fertility rate of any in the world. This brings concern as the working age population would decrease in the coming years.
What is South Korea?
After this Middle Eastern country reunited in 1990, it faced several political crises which culminated most recently in the 2014 civil war, which has still not ended.
What is Yemen?
This European country pays its students to go to college -- having free tuition and giving grants to degree-seeking students.
What is Denmark?