Rank
|
Category
|
Country
|
8
|
|
Somalia | South Sudan | Syria | Yemen | Venezuela | Afghanistan | Sudan
|
4
|
Most mentioned enemy of the USA in a 2020 Gallup Poll
|
Russia | China | Iran
|
7
|
Poorest country (GDP, PPP, 2020)
|
Burundi | Somalia | Central African Republic | D.R. Congo | Liberia | Malawi
|
4
|
Largest active military personnel
|
China | India | United States
|
9 (t)
|
Country with the shortest international border * Excluding external territories
|
Botswana-Zambia | Italy-Vatican City | France-Monaco | Turkey-Azerbaijan
|
5
|
Country recognized by the fewest other countries * Among the 196 official JetPunk countries
|
Taiwan | Kosovo | Israel | China
|
2
|
Happiest country (according to North Korea)
|
China
|
4
|
Easternmost point on a continental mainland
|
Russia | China | Australia
|
2
|
Least populous country with nuclear weapons
|
Israel
|
8 (t)
|
Asian country with the worst passport * By number of countries you can visit with no visa
|
Afghanistan | Iraq | Syria | Pakistan | Yemen | Iran
|
2
|
Country with the most main battle tanks
|
Russia
|
7
|
Country containing the biggest urban area beginning with the letter P
|
France | United States | India | Brazil | Mexico | Haiti
|
3
|
Largest country by area with a cardinal direction in its name
|
South Africa | South Sudan
|
15
|
Largest country by area less populous than all bordering countries
|
Canada | Libya | Mongolia | Mauritania | Botswana | Turkmenistan | Papua New Guinea | Paraguay | Norway | Ecuador | Kyrgyzstan | Uruguay | Suriname | Nepal
|
5
|
Country with the lowest percent of Christians that is not majority Muslim
|
Nepal | Bhutan | Cambodia | Thailand
|
Please don't interpret this as the usual internet activity of saying, "unless you read this long article I win the conversation." I genuinely just want to provide some info.
Also, I chose this article because a peer-reviewed, published academic article passes the rightfully rigorous standards of this site.
Meanwhile, even the article you linked professes that the US gave tons of aid to the South. Even if the US supported some pretty brutal dictators, it clearly had a positive effect on the S. Korean economy. Today, S. Korea is more democratic and prosperous than N. Korea by far, thanks in part to the US. Blaming America or European powers or even Japan for North Korea's woes really doesn't make sense.
Some I just guessed..