Belgium

Several months ago, I discovered Monocle magazine. It's an international magazine, with headquarters in London, and it looks at a wide range of issues (current affairs, business, culture, and design). The most recent issue has a very interesting feature looking at 3 countries the magazine thinks can be looked at as failing states. What makes it interesting is that these three countries are not in the developing world.

When things are looking down it can be an eye opener to see things from another's perspective.
I've written a couple of times in my blog about how things seem to be looking bleak in South Africa these days. But the grass isn't always greener elsewhere...