I would guess the UK as top 25% at least, given that so many countries will not allow the freedoms we have, but some seemingly do better in many aspects, so I couldn't justify a top 10% position - but I'm probably wrong. 
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Secret Chief
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I went for 50 as well. It's not the Congo but neither is it Scandanavia. And given how the UK is so apparently rich, why do we need food banks?
I'm a Canadian, and I have to say it, I place us in the top 5%, or among the top 10 nations in the world. Now, that doesn't mean that I think our government is near perfect -- there are lots of areas for improvement, but that's usually true of anything human. (I am not a member of our First Nations, for instance, and I think there's much work to do there.)
Still, our government clunks along with little fuss, like our Westminster parent. Voting is easy, medicare is univerally available with a single payer (government), we are well supplied with food, water and natural resources. Our national parliament and provincial legislators and municipal governments are well represented by Canada's huge diversity (our Governor General is an Inuit woman). Some say we pay too much in taxes, but at 75 years old, I can assure you that is more than made up for in what I DON'T pay for medical care. And we have excellent tax credits when we save money for our retirement, through various Registered Savings Plans, Education Savings Plans for our kids, and so on. We kill each far, far less frequently than our neighbours to the south, and their neighbours to the south of them.
And in general, we're a happy and content nation (13th happiest in the world, but the margins at the top are really quite narrow). That's not a bad thing, when you think of it.
Still, our government clunks along with little fuss, like our Westminster parent. Voting is easy, medicare is univerally available with a single payer (government), we are well supplied with food, water and natural resources. Our national parliament and provincial legislators and municipal governments are well represented by Canada's huge diversity (our Governor General is an Inuit woman). Some say we pay too much in taxes, but at 75 years old, I can assure you that is more than made up for in what I DON'T pay for medical care. And we have excellent tax credits when we save money for our retirement, through various Registered Savings Plans, Education Savings Plans for our kids, and so on. We kill each far, far less frequently than our neighbours to the south, and their neighbours to the south of them.
And in general, we're a happy and content nation (13th happiest in the world, but the margins at the top are really quite narrow). That's not a bad thing, when you think of it.
I can't even hazard a guess.
"Government" isn't a singular thing. It's a bucket term that a lot of different agencies and organizations fall into. There's city governments. There's school boards. There's state governments. There's state agencies. Municipal agencies. National agencies. Federal governments. Differences between branches of government - courts, executive, legislative. And rating based on what? Didn't realize this was a competition.
"Government" isn't a singular thing. It's a bucket term that a lot of different agencies and organizations fall into. There's city governments. There's school boards. There's state governments. There's state agencies. Municipal agencies. National agencies. Federal governments. Differences between branches of government - courts, executive, legislative. And rating based on what? Didn't realize this was a competition.
Heyo
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I'm not sure I'd put my government into the top 10 but I feel comfortable to put it in the top 10%.
There are a handful, maybe a dozen, countries doing better than Germany. New Zealand and the Scandinavian countries for sure. Canada is decent as are most of our neighbours.
I don't currently plan to emigrate.