USA ranks 18th on Democracy Index of the Economist Group

[steve2470]

I thought this might interest some. Here are the top 18 rankings in 2008 per Wikipedia:

1- Sweden
2- Norway
3- Iceland
4- Netherlands
5- Denmark
6- Finland
7- New Zealand
8- Switzerland
9- Luxembourg
10- Australia
11- Canada
12- Ireland
13- Germany
14- Austria
15- Spain
16- Malta
17- Japan
18- USA

Hope some find this useful and/or interesting.

[valerief]

1. We can't be THAT high! nt

[dflprincess]

2. But I thought Sweden was a socialist hell hole!!!

:sarcasm:

It's a damn pity great-great-grandma & grandpa got on that boat.