NationStates Jolt Archive

Well, we have best and worst.
So now we have middling.

Naturally, Switzerland wins. The end.

Well, we have best and worst.
So now we have middling.

Naturally, Switzerland wins. The end.
No way!
Switzerland is extreme in all sorts of ways. The direct democracy, the way that it's part French, part German, part Italian, but all Swiss, the way that it's really expensive (like, REALLY expensive), the mountains.
Why do you think Switzerland is middling?

Becuase theyre nuetral :P
I should link the the 'Vital information for people in General' topic in my sig...

Becuase theyre nuetral :P
I should link the the 'Vital information for people in General' topic in my sig...
But neutrality is really unusual, not a sign of middlingness.
Me, I vote for Belgium. Now THERE'S a middling country!

But neutrality is really unusual, not a sign of middlingness.
Me, I vote for Belgium. Now THERE'S a middling country!

Isn't Belgium near the top in HDI rankings?

Isn't Belgium near the top in HDI rankings?
What are the HDI rankings?

You cant be middling if theres nothing in your country to middle WITH :P

Isn't Belgium near the top in HDI rankings?
I just found a website on this:
http://www.worldgameofeconomics.com/HumanDevelopmentReport.htm
that has sort of explained HDI to me.
I noticed Tunisia came 101. Since there's about 200 countries in the U.N., maybe Tunisia is the most middling.
Of course, China came 99, and it'd be difficult to describe China as middling.

Is this thread just an excuse to type middling?

If so...

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Is this thread just an excuse to type middling?

If so...

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Now I'm LOL!

South Africa?

Australia?

Indonesia?

OK,

I'll go with Kiribati.

Why?

Well, the equator runs through it as does the international dateline. Can't get much more in the middle of the world than that!

OK,

I'll go with Kiribati.

Why?

Well, the equator runs through it as does the international dateline. Can't get much more in the middle of the world than that!
Nice!

Well...I'm not sure about what nation is most middling, but I can tell you Ohio is the most middling PLACE in the entire world.

I love how Switzerland managed to stay neutral even in World War 2. How the hell did they pull that one off???

Well...I'm not sure about what nation is most middling, but I can tell you Ohio is the most middling PLACE in the entire world.
This raises an interesting point. Ohio and Missouri are both bellwether states; they fairly consistently vote for the winner in U.S. presidential elections, so they're either directing the national mood in the U.S., or very sensitive to it.

Are there any countries that are unusually sensitive to the world mood, if such a thing exists?

I love how Switzerland managed to stay neutral even in World War 2. How the hell did they pull that one off???

I heard a possibly (probably?) apocryphal story about this. Early WWII, Germany sends an ambassador to Switzerland. They have a conversation that goes:

G: How many troops do you have available to put on the border?

S: About 100,000.

G: What will you do if we send 200,000 troops to invade?

S: Shoot twice.

More practically, Switzerland is very difficult to invade - it's ringed by mountains, has a large standing militia with an extremely well-developed resistance plan, and its villages are set in the side of the hills, so rolling tanks into them is not a simple task. I suspect it wasn't worth the effort.

Finland.