There's no talking to you.

That's to Putin33, obviously.

1) Fiji. Sure, there was a military coup there a while back. But the weather is lovely, the people are fantastic, kava is vile and disgusting but gives you a nice buzz and it's such an insignificant dot on the map, the rest of the world is apt to ignore it. My favourite by a country mile.
2) Tahiti. same as above, without the silly old men in uniform with ridiculous amounts of gold braid.
3) Vanuatu. ditto, but everybody talks in french.
Now, if we could just do something about all the tourists....

Just how many of your principles are you willing to sacrifice for the sake of supporting the replacement of a currupt, elitist right-wing government with a currupt, elitist left-wing government?

Hugo has waged war on the old set of super-rich only to replace them with his own new set of super-rich. He throws just enough oil money at his core vote in the working classes to keep them on-side, abandons the middle classes (who are not remotely well off by Western standards) to ruin and despair, does his best to stoke the fires of the class war, and spends the wealth of what should be Venezuela's golden age on beefing up his military and security forces, acting like a big player on the world stage, and lining the nests of his friends.

The Bolivian Revolution is the very definition of missed opportunity.

"currupt, elitist right-wing government with a currupt, elitist left-wing government"
Exactly my point. Since no party is not corrupt, government itself should be smaller. With large government and large business, they pair up and devastate the people. With small government and a consistent business size, those corrupt, evil business people can't have any power over anyone except what the people give them via purchasing products. There's obviously more to this point, but I'm hungry, so I'll stop.

Sorry if I'm off topic...

It seems that every time theres an interesting thread going, Putin33 jumps in and ruins it with his propaganda spouting

Invictus started this fight, so GFY.

And you could have withheld from returning fire, stopped there, and Invictus would be responsible. But you kept going when you could have saved all of us out here reading this, so no blame game here without pinning yourself.

The "he started it" argument was so second grade.

Here's the modus operandi of any Invictus thread, which will inevitably generate sympathy from the wepdip dittoheads.

1) Blatantly pick a fight
2) Cite nothing but wikipedia as your evidence
3) Dismiss any counterarguments without even bothering to examine or respond to them
4) Conclude by saying that debates are impossible

And then have your buddies pile on and say how Putin33 ruins perfectly good threads.

It works like a charm.

No, I'm not going to let Invictus's regurgitation of ethnic propaganda stand uncontested, because I don't trust your critical thinking skills. Stop blaming me for other people trolling threads.

As opposed to regurgitation of communist and socialist propaganda?

Dude! I'm not gonna take sides, but I'll say this: ya both had some pretty shady arguments in there, and both of you have flirted with ad hominem attacks and poorly justified sources.

Speaking of off topic...

1-6) UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland in no particular order... Well, maybe Canada as 6th purely because of the huge drag factor of Coors Light

7) Japan, for their impressive ability to take what they want from Western culture and do it their way.

8) Cuba, because it's impossible not to admire a small country with that much bottle, and as far as attempts at Communism go it's not a bad effort.

9) Egypt,... OK, they've not done a huge amount of late, but what they did a few thousand years ago truly takes the breath away in the way that Athens, Rome and the like sadly don't.

10) France... because life without France would be unthinkable and painfully dull.

*The 2nd Ireland should have read US :p

Please! Stop!
"Blatantly pick a fight" -- can you prove it? no. but it makes an awfully good comeback.
"Cite nothing but wikipedia as your evidence" -- really? no. but it makes an awfully good comeback.
"Dismiss any counterarguments without even bothering to examine or respond to them" -- do you really know? or do you infer it because you don't have any clue what he's saying and don't get the relation? bu it makes an awfully good comeback.
"Conclude by saying that debates are impossible" -- they are, when you argue with people who don't have any clue about anything. note i am NOT, N-O-T saying you have no clue, both because i have no clue and i don't know what you do and don't know. but i've debated many people, and whether it's political or otherwise there are always idiots who refuse to see anything, that's life. i've know stubborn republicans and democrats etc., and i was one before i learned how to play devil's advocate.

just realized i made a whole bunch of comebacks (i foresee a comeback)

4) scotland. well this is pure bias actually :) the food is abominable, the weather is atrocious, the cities are dirty and the people are good at only two things: drinking and fighting.
Nice hills though, and wonderful whisky (so why not have a drink?) and some influential minds. And of course the ppl are a little screwed up, have you had a look at our neighbours?

@ Marti "have you had a look at our neighbours"

Aye, the poor bastards are just like you lot ;)

lmao. Nonononono, it's they that drove us to drink.

1. Netherlands: best pussy and drugs in the world.
2. Denmark: something like Netherlands without the drugs
3. Norway/Sweden/Finland: blonde pussy and very good living conditions
4. Germany: some as above but less blonde pussy
5. New Zealand: very good living conditions and versatile land and climate
6. Australia: very good living conditions and an American atmosphere.
7. Canada: very good living conditions. stupid people. beavers.
8. USA: Love-Hate relationship. Cinema
9. Thailand: Amsterdam of Asia
10. Italy: just for pizza, coffee and icecream

@ hellalt, lol.
5) New Zealand, no pussy but plenty sheep

1. U.S.
2. Australia
3. Mexico
4. Italy
5. France
6. UK
7. Jamaica
8. Bahamas
9. Switzerland
10. Slovakia

Why? They are ranked by the quality of my vacations spent in these countries.

1. Nazi Germany
2. North Korea
3. Spain Under Franco
4. Pinochet's Chile
5.Mordor
6. Staten Island
7.Rhodesia
8. Tlaxcala (or which ever city provided the sacrifices to the Aztecs)
9. Iran
10. Every Country Putin listed

"3) Vanuatu. ditto, but everybody talks in french."

And there is a damn good chance that you might become a living god. I might be going to Vanuatu in the future, and if I do I will act as godlike as possible.

1. France - I love almost everything about France, the history, the architecture, the language, the food, the clothes and the climate
2. Italy - Same as France, except to a slightly lesser degree
3. Switzerland - Amazing geography, interesting history, some good food and and possessed of one of the great cities of the world: Geneva
4. United Kingdom - Love the history, London, the climate and so much more, although not the food
5. Belgium - A very interesting place, and I'm fond of the EU
6. Greece - Good cuisine, cosmically important to western society, fascinating history, incredible ruins
7. Turkey - Pretty much the same as Greece, although without the western society bit, and I think the food is better in Turkey
8. Monaco - One of those places that just interests me
9. Germany - Great history
10. United Sates - A generally nice place to live. And it has NYC, which is incredible.

To all the US answers. I live the bible belt of America. Good ol' Oklahoma, let me tell ya I've grown to despise EVERY last thing besides the freedom and the military. Anyway my list is as follow
1. Imperialist Russia: mostly because I have blood ties to upper class nobility from the Novgorod region.
2. Hungary late 19th Century: Budapest and Hungary itself was sprawling much like other eastern European countries at the time.
3. Japan feudal era: Samurai, don't hate.
4. Aztec empire before Spanish invasion: The 2nd most prosperous empire the North American continent has ever produced, also I'd be upper class if it were still around.
Now for modern time civilization
5. Finland: Growth in many sectors, one of the few countries in the world to allow a socialist party to exist and still be many things but socialist.
6. France: 2nd greatest European country today, culture exquisite, fine foods, need I go on?
7. Mongolia: Recently took a trip, surprisingly modern but still hold onto their old traditions (horses for example) good food also
8. Australia: deadliest animals, great beaches, sexy women
9. Israel: Despite it's current role in the world as being the badass of the middle east, possibly the best country within the desert. Required enlistment to the army after highschool is actually the best idea anyone could think of, im 18 and wish I could live there to recieve some discipline.
10. Last but not Least, Modern Russia: Putin unanimously winning the vote will only increase the awesome rating it already has

1 USA, 2 USA, 3 USA, 4 USA, 5 USA, 6 USA, 7 USA, 8 USA, 9 USA, 10 USA

Finally we are back on topic.

& @Whoever was asking about Central Europe: I am biased, but was referring mainly to the German states/ Austria/ Switzerland/ Northern Italy/ Eastern France/ Czechoslovakia/ Etc.

Also, this was not meant to be a troll thread, so I am not appreciating Putin and others.

1. Kyrgyzstan 2. Paraguay 3. Burundi 4. Namibia 5. Belize 6. Turkmenistan 7. Laos 8. Macedonia 9. Andorra 10. Eritrea

how can something as subjective as "favorite" not be a troll thread?

@Rancher: More referring to those who type things like Putin typed. Focusing mainly on countries with bloody Socialist histories.