What is the most useless country in the world in terms of resources, economy, etc?

 Welcome to Tuvalu

This small island nation stretches across the Pacific Ocean, right between Hawaii and Australia.

It has an area of ​​26 km2 and has the lowest GDP in the world.

Population - Approximately 11000

Industry - Fisheries Only

Agriculture - Farmers here only harvest coconuts and grow a native plant called pulaka. This crop contributes little to the economy.

Tourism - Due to its remote location only 2000 people visited Tuvalu in 2016 of which 65% were business travelers and 15% were international agency workers and technical consultants.

Telecommunications - The country only has an AM station, also provided by Japan. Only 900 people use the internet. Speeds are very slow: 512 kbps upload and 1.5 Mbps download.

Clean water Tuvalu has only one source of clean water rain. However, due to global warming in recent years, rainfall in Tuvalu has been reduced. Therefore, the need for clean water is currently met by the presence of a water purification facility provided by the United Nations.

Tuvalu has one college and one hospital. It's interesting to note that India annually provides $125,000 in aid to Tuvalu's only hospital for essential medicines and equipment.

Due to lack of land, there's no large playground for the children to play in. So they play on the airstrip! However, when a plane arrives, they'll be warned by a loud siren. When the plane lands, they'll come back. It's dangerous, but they have no other choice.

Tuvalu is not blessed with natural resources. The largest contributor to Tuvalu's GDP is the internet domain .tv.

Yes, you read that correctly. In 1998, an American startup paid the Tuvaluan government $50 million for the .tv domain rights for 12 years. With this money, Tuvalu was able to join the United Nations with a then-current $100,000 entry fee. The .tv domain also increased GDP by 50%. The government was able to provide electricity to all islands.

And most importantly, I want to tell you that this island nation will cease to exist within the next 50 years because it will sink due to global warming. The risk of sinking is twice the international average. Within the next 50 years, all residents must be evacuated to safety.

So, in closing, I'm not saying Tuvalu is a worthless country. I have no right to hurt the feelings of Tuvaluans. The people who live there are just like us, and just like us, they're proud of their country.

I'd rather say that they're all unfortunate people who don't have the resources we normally have. What adds to their disappointment is that their country will no longer be in the future, and that pains me deeply.

What are some amazing facts about your country?

 My Country has Oldest Astronomical Book in the World.

Soorya Siddhant. (At least 2500 years old)

This book contains knowledge which was given to Asur Maya by Lord Sooryadev in Tretayug. The present Soorya Siddhanta may nevertheless be considered a direct descendant of the text available to Varahamihira. (who lived between 505–587 CE)

Now if we calculate the size of a year by Soorya Siddhant, it is 365.2421756 days, which is only 1.4 seconds shorter than the modern value of 365.2421904 days !

Similarly if we calculate solar/lunar eclipse as per Soorya Siddhant, it's at par with the current time by 99.8%.

Soorya Siddhanta also estimates the diameters of the planets. The estimate for the diameter of Mercury is 3,008 miles, an error of less than 1% from the currently accepted diameter of 3,032 miles.
It also estimates the diameter of Saturn as 73,882 miles, which again has an error of less than 1% from the currently accepted diameter of 74,580.

Surya Siddhanta also contains the roots of Trigonometry.

It uses sine (jya), cosine (kojya or “perpendicular sine”) and inverse sine (otkram jya) for the first time, and also contains the earliest use of the tangent and secant when discussing the shadow cast by a gnomon in verses 21–22 of Chapter 3:

Of [the sun’s meridian zenith distance] find the jya(“base sine”) and kojya (cosine or “perpendicular sine”). If then the jya and radius be multiplied respectively by the measure of the gnomon in digits, and divided by the kojya, the results are the shadow and hypotenuse at mid-day.
In modern notation, this gives the shadow of the gnomon at midday as :

Even today most of the authentic astrologers in India use Surya Siddhanta as base to compute their Panchangs (Almanacs) in many languages.

Such is the knowledge in the ancient Bharat!

India is known as Vishwa Guru for some reason I believe!

Every country has rules – written or unwritten – that should be followed.

Since I am fascinated by Japanese culture, I will show you some of the taboos that tourists should absolutely not break there…:

Many Japanese rules are related to death and misfortune.
The Japanese have some rituals that seem a little bizarre to us at first glance.
But perhaps it's the other way around too – although I could hardly name any off the top of my head.

In Japan, you shouldn't sleep with your head facing north.

It's considered taboo.
This stems from the fact that graves are oriented towards the north
(kitamakura = "north pillow") .
This practice is attributed to Buddha, who, according to tradition, entered Nirvana with his head turned north and his gaze directed west. The deceased are meant to follow his example.
Because this sleeping position symbolizes death, people in Japan are careful in their daily lives to avoid sleeping with their heads facing north—if it can be avoided at all costs. And

you shouldn't stick your chopsticks in your rice!

In Europe, it's quite common to place your cutlery in or on your food.
This leads some tourists to simply stick their chopsticks in their rice while they do something else.
However, in Japan, chopsticks stuck in rice are seen as an invitation to the dead to eat.
Crossing your chopsticks over the bowl also symbolizes death and should be avoided.
Furthermore, in Japan, you should never pass food with chopsticks.
This, too, is associated with death, as in funeral rituals, relatives use chopsticks to place the cremated remains of the deceased into the urn.

And remember, the left side of a kimono is always on top!

Should you ever get the idea to put on a kimono (who can actually do that formally correctly?), it's extremely important that the left side is on top of the right.
With both the kimono (着物) and the yukata (浴衣), the left side (from your perspective) is always on top, so you can tuck your right hand in sideways.
Only the dead wear it the other way around.

There are special rules when seeing a hearse .

When you see a hearse, you tuck your thumb, which in Japanese is called oya-yubi親指 (“parent finger”), protectively into your fist so that nothing bad happens to the parents.

In general, there are special rules regarding the dead: you shouldn't photograph graves because you would disturb the peace of the deceased and attract misfortune.

One should not write one's name in red.

On gravestones, the names of the dead are usually written in black, those of the living in red.
Writing one's own name or someone else's name in red is believed to shorten one's life.
In Japan, people have the custom of erecting their own graves to be ready when their time comes.
They then write their own name in red on the gravestone to indicate that they are still alive. On the day of the funeral, the name is then written in black on the gravestone to signify the person's death.
However, writing someone's name in red can also mean that they will soon go bankrupt.
This may be related to the fact that the word for "deficit" or "debt" is composed of the characters .
Writing a name in red can even indicate that the person is a criminal.
The names of prisoners sentenced to death are written in red on their cell doors.

There are countless other rules to follow in Japan.

You can probably only truly understand them if you grew up there… 

What country was once weak but is now strong?

 One of the richest countries today was once one of the poorest.

• This country is oppressed by foreign leaders.
• This country was devastated by war, and the war almost destroyed this country.
• The country has experienced two coups in the last 60 years, and has only been a democracy for 30 years.
• The country has just hosted the Olympic Games for the second time.

What country am I talking about?

People are used to greeting each other with the phrase "Have you eaten today?"

I'm talking about South Korea. The picture above depicts the conditions in Korea after the Korean War ended. Life expectancy was just over fifty years, major cities were in ruins, and people were struggling to support their families.

In the decades following the war, South Korea's economy skyrocketed, during an era commonly referred to as the "Miracle on the Han River."

Today, South Korea is one of the richest countries in the world, ranking 11th in terms of nominal GDP. Seoul is the world's largest and most prosperous city.

Seoul is a metropolitan city with the 4th largest economy in the world, behind Tokyo, New York, and LA.

South Korea is now one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and Kia are among the most successful Korean companies. Korea also boasts some of the fastest and most efficient train and rapid transit systems in the world.

KTX, Korea's modern train system, can reach speeds of 305km/h, or the equivalent of 190mph!

I'm from America, but I live in South Korea, and in many ways I feel that South Korea is more sophisticated than the richest countries in the world.

Korea ranks above the US in life expectancy, education, and significantly cheaper medical care. South Korea boasts the world's fastest internet speeds, and its rapid transit system is one of the most efficient. And it makes Washington's transit system seem like a bad joke.

Korea's rapid economic growth helped transform the country from one of the poorest to one with the strongest economy today.

Bright lights in Seoul.

Is there a country that doesn't have slum areas?

 As far as I know, there are only three countries that do not have slums.

Singapore

In Singapore, housing is handled by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), which provides flats (similar to Indonesian flats) to ordinary Singaporeans. So, no one can build slums at will.

Flats are a solution for Singapore where land is very limited and premium class property prices are very expensive for most Singaporeans to afford.

The lease term for a flat in Singapore is 99 years and can be extended by the family members of the original tenant, usually the children and grandchildren of the previous tenant.

Monaco

A haven for a select few species known as "bears," this small country in southern France, with the same flag as Indonesia, has long been known as a tax haven. It's no surprise that many wealthy individuals, professional athletes, and celebrities choose to reside in Monaco.

Monaco is also a favorite holiday destination on the Mediterranean coast. It's one of the host countries for Formula One and one of the routes for the legendary Tour de France cycling race. It's also the center of casino gambling in Europe.

In short, there are no poor people here.

Vatican

The official residence of the Pope and the center of Catholicism worldwide. The population is limited, and most of them are monks devoted to God. They live in buildings provided by the church for hundreds of years.

Can you kindly give the list of politicians who are dedicated for the welfare of the country?

• Narendra Modi : Undoubtedly, a very popular and pragmatic prime minister of India.

• Yogi : As chief minister of Uttar Pradesh- most populous state- this pontiff of Gorakhnath shrine turned politician- has acted and talked tough on corruption, crime and callousness.

• Amit Shah : As union home minister; his acute political analysis and daredevilry has led to many positive changes in conflict zones-Jammu and Kashmir; red zone ;north eastern region .

• S Jai Shankar : As foreign minister; this seasoned diplomat leads from the front and has articulated views of real India before the entire world.

• Nitin Gadkari : Union Minister of Road transport and high ways has really led changes in major highways and road transport. He is quite popular for his leadership style.

• Piyush Goyal : Indian Railways has improved for better under Union Railways minister- a seasoned chartered accountant turned politician .
• Harsh Mandaviya : Media admires him for his handling of COVID pandemic as Union Health minister.

• Temjen Imna : This minister from Nagaland is quite popular for his humor, humility and honesty.

Opposition :

• Navin Patnaik : This author - art historian turned politician is popular chief minister of Odisha.

• Shashi Tharoor : Dr Shashi Tharoor- a former international civil servant- is well admired for his scholarship and oratory.

• Mahua Moitra : This former investment banker turned parliamentarian is admired for her learning and public debates.
• Well : There are still many good and conscientious leaders in India.
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Which country in Europe has never been in a war?

 The closest answer is Liechtenstein, and the story of how a country that tiny survived every European war for 300 years is one of the more entertaining accidents in political history.

Switzerland gets cited constantly due to their very strong reputation of being neutral, but Switzerland has a deeply martial past. Before the 19th century, Swiss mercenaries were the most feared soldiers in Europe and the country was effectively in the business of renting them out to anyone who could pay.

San Marino is the other common answer, and San Marino is itself very interesting, founded in 301 AD as a mountaintop refuge by a stonemason fleeing Roman persecution, surviving Napoleon, surviving the unification of Italy, surviving everything. Except in 1944 it briefly got entangled in the war as the same mountains which made whomever occupied Italy opt to ignore it made it appealing to the German military to occupy and use as a defensive bulwark.

Liechtenstein was founded in 1719 for reasons that had nothing to do with the people living there or any romantic notion of independence. The House of Liechtenstein was one of the wealthiest noble families in Vienna. They owned vast estates across Austria and Bohemia and were significant creditors to the Holy Roman Emperor himself. The problem was that none of their land carried what was called Imperial Immediacy, meaning land that answered directly to the Emperor rather than to some intermediate duke or bishop. Without it you couldn't sit in the Imperial Diet, which was the parliament where real decisions got made.

So they sought out a loophole and found two small, impoverished, economically worthless territories on the Rhine whose previous rulers had gone bankrupt, bought them. They then petitioned the Emperor to unify them into a single principality named after the family. The Emperor agreed and the Liechtenstein family now had their seat in parliament.

Depsite the prestige it gave them, they still had no interest in the actual place. No Prince of Liechtenstein set foot in the country for the first 120 years of its existence. Because the territory was mountainous, landlocked, wedged in between Switzerland and Austria, and produced nothing anyone wanted, the great powers of Europe ignored it completely during the wars that followed. When the Holy Roman Empire collapsed under Napoleon, Liechtenstein was small enough and irrelevant enough that it simply continued existing while all the other state around it dissolved.

The country's one and only military deployment came in 1866 during the Austro-Prussian War. Liechtenstein sent 80 soldiers to guard a mountain pass on the Italian border on behalf of their Austrian allies. They saw no combat. The pass was never threatened. When the war ended, the soldiers walked home, and they returned with 81 men because they had befriended an Austrian officer during the campaign and brought him back with them.

The government looked at this expedition and decided the army was an unnecessary expense. In 1868 Liechtenstein dissolved its military entirely. It has had no army since.

This turned out to be the right call, because the country that became their protector by default was Switzerland. In 1923, after World War I had economically devastated Liechtenstein through its ties to the collapsing Austro-Hungarian Empire, they signed a customs and monetary union with Switzerland, adopting the Swiss franc and outsourcing their borders and foreign policy to a much larger neutral neighbor.

When Germany annexed of Austria it put Liechtenstein right on their immediate border. Liechtenstein's own Nazi sympathizers tried to capitalize on this and staged a coup attempt in 1939 trying to hand the country over. It failed. But Germany decided against taking matters into their own hands. Liechtenstein was 160 square kilometers of mountains with no resources, no military value, and no railway lines worth having. Absorbing it would have created more paperwork than it was worth.

These days Liechtenstein is one of the wealthiest countries per capita in the world, a global financial center and tax haven. It’s so important economically now that the Liechtenstein family actually lives there for once.

What should I absolutely not do when visiting your country?

 12 things not to do when visiting Poland:

1. Don't be too loud, unless you're dying to make everyone know you're a tourist.
2. Don't ask people how much they make. Don't brag about how much you make. If asked about an expensive thing you own, choose between two strategies: say it's worse than it seems, or brag about how little you paid for it - it was such an amazing bargain!
3. Don't wear a swastika or any other Nazi symbols.
4. Don't drink in public places - it's illegal and you may end up paying a fine.
5. Don't burp, slurp or talk with your mouth full.
6. When visiting someone at home, don't keep your shoes on, don't refuse to eat when offered food, and don't ask for a tour around the house.
7. Don't give overly expensive gifts unless it's a wedding gift. Polish people will be embarrassed and they won't accept them.
8. Don't comment on anyone's accent.
9. Don't assume Polish people are unfriendly if they don't smile. They typically only smile when they really have a reason to.
10. Don't talk bad about John Paul II. Don't praise Putin.
11. Don't feed the stereotype about Polish people stealing cars. Cars get stolen everywhere, including your country.
12. So you've learnt the word kurwa… Don't use it. Just don't.

Tips about some specific places you might want to visit:

Auschwitz
Don't try to climb the gate, write on the gate, take happy selfies with the gate, play Pokemon Go or do any other inappropriate stuff. Don't smoke, don't chew gum. Be quiet and respectful.
Don't use the expression Polish concentration camps. It sounds very offensive to us. Polish people never created a concentration camp, many were inmates.

By the sea
Don't ignore the black flag even if the water seems calm - it sometimes means toxic algae!

Stag parties in Kraków
Please, please don't get naked.

What is normal in your country but weird in the rest of the world?

 This is a Cow.

This is Cow Dung.

This is Cow Dung Cake. (Dried Cowdung)

And We in India cook our food on these cow dung cakes which is nothing but dried cow dung.

Especially Baati/Bafla (wheat balls used as bread) cooked on these cow dung cakes tastes like heaven. It gives an earthy, smokey and out of this world flavour and texture.

When finished this Baati looks like this.

We serve it after dipping these into clarified butter (ghee) with Dal and Choorma.(a sweet dish) It tastes nothing short of heaven.

No electric oven or microwave can recreate this magical taste like cowdung cakes do to food.

It's like a Mandatory Sunday Ritual in My community to make Dal-Bati on cowdung cakes.

Indians especially Marwadis: Familiar enough?

Rest of the World: Weird enough?

Those who think this is 100% unhygienic, please read this wonderful comment by Satyam Chourasiya (सत्यम् चौरसिया)

What are some amazing facts about your country?

 

Welcome to Kenya .

We are the fastest of them all .

Beautiful fauna.

Talk of the most amazing culture.

Beautiful, aren't they?

Tasty,nutritious cuisine .

Even billionaire visitors can't resist it.

Unbeaten beauty of nature.

The Fourteen Falls.

The Great Rift Valley

Talk of excellent genes .

Yes.People visit our country

Because it is magical

And it is amazing

And our sunsets are always beautiful!

Edit:

Our architecture isn't that bad too: