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Guess which country does the most good for the planet?


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World Order?

Where's Iceland?

World Hodor?

Where IS Iceland?

Iceland is 17; USA is 21: http://www.goodcountry.org/overall

Why USA is so low:

Irish people, rejoice! It turns out, your green land is the “goodest” country in the world. That’s right. The “goodest.” At least, that’s according to Simon Anholt, who’s spent the past two years compiling an index to determine which of 125 countries contributes the most to the common, global good.

“I wanted to know why people admire Country A and not Country B,” Anholt said in a phone interview before he unveiled the full Index at the TEDSalon in Berlin on Monday, June 23. “To cut a long story short, I discovered the thing people most admired is the perception that a country is good. That turned out to be much more important than the perception they’re rich or beautiful or powerful or modern or anything like that. So then I wanted to know which countries are perceived to contribute the most to humanity — and which countries actually are good.”

Good news, then, for Ireland. Less good news for the likes of the United States, which didn’t even make the top 20, coming in at number 21. “If the ranking were based on the total contribution of each entire country rather than per dollar of GDP, it’s likely the U.S. would have ranked a bit higher, as its total contribution is so great,” acknowledges Anholt. “But then again, so is its total debit and harm.”

I'll drink to that!  Raise a pint!

Of Guinness, apparently.

old advert guinness bluebird of drunkeness Imgur meme

Look, there's the bluebird of drunkenness.

he does look drunk!

So does the horse!

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