Recent questions tagged countries

Description : What would you say are the top 10-15 most powerful/influential/relevant countries in all these aspects combined?

Last Answer : U.S.A China USSR England Japan Germany This is all I can do on a guess,without looking them up on Google.

Description : What would you say are the 12 most well-known countries?

Last Answer : My guess is: USA Russia China The UK Australia Spain Italy France Germany India, if only by the virtue of its own massive population; at least 1,300,000,000 have heard of it. Brazil Indonesia Canada Egypt Somalia Sudan Japan North Korea The only ones I’m sure of are the first 3.

Description : How come we are shocked and offended, when we learn some country is guilty of spying on it's citizens and torturing foreigners, but when we learn our own country is found guilty of the same crimes, we just shrug and say they must have had their reasons?

Last Answer : answer:I guess it depends on what they do with the spying. And I, for one,did not shrug Gitmo off. I think it was horrible.

Description : I'm moving to Italy for a month, what should I expect?

Last Answer : answer:Italians don't add chicken to items often. If they want chicken, they just make a chicken. They love to eat outdoors. Meals, even casual ones, are often eaten on some sort of patio. As is the ... the like: It will be done when it's done. There's gossip, espresso and cigarettes to be had.

Description : Does the United States have the most powerful influence in the world?

Last Answer : Without looking this up I would bet it’s in the top 3.

Description : What does your country mean to you?

Last Answer : Home, a safe place (until 9/11 anyhow), mostly good people, diverse people, gives aid to everyone. I have 2 countries, USA and Australia and I am proud to be of both of them. Sometimes I don’t agree with the politics, but there is no place in the world that is perfect so I’ll stick with these two.

Description : Is the concept of country becoming out dated?

Last Answer : I think countries are still very much in play as international entities. Thus the border disputes,

Description : What in your opinion is the worst country in the developed world?

Last Answer : China, for certain values of ‘developed.’

Description : What five words best sum up your country?

Last Answer : answer:United States: Powerful, Diverse, Meddlesome, Football, Hamburgers.

Description : What five words best sum up your country?

Last Answer : answer:United States: Powerful, Diverse, Meddlesome, Football, Hamburgers.

Description : If you could rename the country you live in or make your own country what would you name it?

Last Answer : The United States of Canada after we split from Jesusland.

Description : What countries have no income tax?

Last Answer : Here is a link to tax rates of countries around the world.

Description : What do you think determines your heritage?

Last Answer : My parentage determines my heritage. Where I was born deals with my citizenship.

Description : Did you see the Oprah episode about how people live around the world?

Last Answer : was this the episode about different mothers?

Description : What is the most racist country in the world?

Last Answer : North America USA&Canada

Description : What do you think about the country of Indonesia?

Last Answer : You need our opinions? Hmm… Homework?

Description : 32 suicides in Russia versus 1 suicide in Peru per 100,000 people per year - How do you explain the greatly varying suicide rates in different countries?

Last Answer : I remember having a book somehwere in my apartment about this exact subject, bought it and then never got a chance to read it, this is getting book marked until I can give a knowledgeable answer. great question.

Description : Is anyone here Czech or Slovakian.

Last Answer : Yeah, I’m 1/4 Czech. I’ve been to the Czech Republic, only Praha (Prague) though. I don’t speak Czech, but I have relatives who do.

Description : Expatriates, do you celebrate national holidays?

Last Answer : Going through the orphan questions and finding some that I can't believe no one answered, including this one. I've lived overseas and I and the other expatriates I know definitely celebrate the big US ... or-treating and my sister's Nov. 1 birthday ensures a Halloween-themed party, as well. :)