哪个国家拥有最大的未开发潜力?
What country has the most unused potential？
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quora网友：我百分之百同意你的看法，即伊朗是最有潜力的国家。但我认为有一个行业你忽视了，那就是旅游业。伊朗有诸多绚丽迷人的历史遗产。然而，即使在2016年，伊朗也只接待了600万游客，相比之下，土耳其接待了3200万游客......
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What country has the most unused potential？
哪个国家拥有最大的未开发潜力
哪个国家拥有最大的未开发潜力
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What about the country that has:
The world’s largest reserves of zinc
The world’s 2nd largest reserves of copper
The world’s 9th largest reserves of iron ores
The world’s 2nd largest reserves of natural gas
The worlds 4th largest reserves of oil
The world’s 2nd largest petroleum company
The world’s fastest scientific growth, more than 11x the world’s average
The world’s 5th highest university students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Have you guessed it yet?
That country is no other than Iran.
Iran is, in my opinion, the country with the highest unused potential, and I will explain why:
Yes, Iran has some of the world’s largest reserves of minerals, but its mining infrastructure is lacking, and Iran has very little resources to fund or invest in its mining industry, and because of the sanctions foreign investment is not an option.
Yes, Iran has the world’s largest combined oil and natural gas reserves, but it’s also lacking investments in its oil and gas sector, that needs to be developed further to unleash its full potential. 40 years ago, Iran used to produce almost 10 million barrels of oil daily, but now the number has been lowered to a mere 4 million, because of an aging oil infrastructure, that needs to be modernized and bad politics.
Yes, Iranian student''''''''s doing extremely well, but Iran also has the world’s largest brain drain, which means that all the smart, innovative and bright people are packing their bags to leave Iran as soon as possible.
Yes, Iran is the 4th richest country in the world based on the worth of natural resources, which is worth more than $35.000.000.000.000 (35 trillion USD).
But this is a curse in disguise.
It has made Iran lazy, hence its economy is now dependent on natural resources, instead of human capital, as Iran’s economy is oil based.
Each time new sanctions strike against Iran’s oil industry, I hope that it will force the Iranian government to realize, that we shouldn’t make our economy so dependent on our oil, but rather on our human capital.
Instead of investing immensely in the oil and gas sector, we need to focus on our educational facilities, make Iran’s education world class, which will produce the brightest minds in the world, and make it attractive for them to stay, and make Iran a country based on knowledge, rather than petroleum.
Then, we can focus on getting rich on our natural resources.
以下情况的国家怎么样呢：
世界上最大的锌储量
世界第二大铜储量
世界第九大铁矿石储量
世界第二大天然气储量
世界第四大石油储备
世界第二大石油公司
世界上科学发展最快的国家，是世界平均水平的11倍多
世界第五的STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)专业学生
你已经猜到是哪个国家了吗?
那个国家正是伊朗。
在我看来，伊朗是最具开发潜力的国家，我来解释原因:
是的，伊朗拥有世界上最大的矿产储备，但其采矿基础设施匮乏，而且伊朗几乎没有资源来为其采矿业提供资金或投资，而且由于制裁，外国投资不在选择之列。
是的，伊朗拥有世界上最大的石油和天然气储备，但它在石油和天然气领域也缺乏投资，它需要进一步开发，以释放其全部潜力。40年前，伊朗每天生产近1000万桶石油，但现在这个数字已经下降到只有400万桶，因为石油基础设施老化，需要现代化和政策支持。
是的，伊朗学生表现非常好，但伊朗也有世界上最大的人才流失，这意味着所有聪明、有创造力人都在打包行李尽快离开伊朗。
是的，伊朗是世界上第四富有的国家，其自然资源价值超过35.000.000.000.000美元(35万亿美元)。
但这些都是某种乔装起来的诅咒，它让伊朗变得懒惰，使它的经济现在依赖于自然资源，而不是人力资本，因为现在伊朗的经济是以石油为基础的。
每次有新的制裁措施打击伊朗的石油工业，我都希望它会迫使伊朗政府意识到，我们不应该让我们的经济如此依赖我们的石油，而是依赖我们的人力资本。也不要投资极大资金在石油和天然气领域,我们需要关注我们的教育设施,使伊朗的教育达到世界一流水平,这样才能产生出世界上最聪明的头脑,并吸引他们留下来,让伊朗这个国家的发展基于知识,而不是石油。
然后，我们才可以专注于用自然资源来致富。
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I agree with you 100% that Iran is the country with the most unused potential.
But I think there is one industry you are missing, which is tourism.
Iran is GORGEOUS, with so many fascinating layers of history.
And yet, even in 2016, Iran received only 6 million visitors, compared to 32 million who visited Turkey.
Were Iran’s government more benign and if it did not have restrictive dress codes that turn off many potential women travelers, why wouldn’t Iran’s tourism industry be just as large as Turkey’s?
So, if anything, the above post about Iran underestimates Iran’s unused potential.
我百分之百同意你的看法，即伊朗是最有潜力的国家。
但我认为有一个行业你忽视了，那就是旅游业。
伊朗有诸多绚丽迷人的历史遗产。
然而，即使在2016年，伊朗也只接待了600万游客，相比之下，土耳其接待了3200万游客。
如果伊朗政府不制定严格的着装规定，拒绝许多潜在的女性游客，为什么伊朗的旅游业不能和土耳其一样大呢?
所以，如果说我有什么不同意见的话，就是以上关于伊朗的文章还是低估了伊朗未被利用的潜力。
Elmar A. Busch（回复Jeremy Samuel）
我曾从大不里士到德黑兰，再到科曼的伊斯法罕，穿过沙漠到达巴基斯坦的扎赫丹和奎达。这是一个有旅游潜力但不是主要旅游目的地的国家。当然，伊斯法罕, 古姆等是美丽的，自然总是美丽的。然而，这个国家的主要资产还是它的智慧和有文化的人口。
A few years ago there was an event where the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) the global apex body in the domain acknowledged the contribution of Iranians in the field of Electrical and Electronics engineering. It is uncanny but every third researcher in the field of circuits and systems in both US and Europe is an Iranian. And most of them are from Sharif University of Technology. It makes me really curious as to the reason for the fascination of Iranians with Electronics engineering. Iranians seem to be intelligent in general and inclined towards STEM and are great people overall. They seem to be doing extremely well for themselves out there.
几年前，电气和电子工程师学会(IEEE)举办了一次活动，该领域的全球顶尖机构认可了伊朗人在电气和电子工程领域的贡献。不可思议的是，在美国和欧洲的电路和系统领域，每三分之一的研究人员都是伊朗人。他们大多来自谢里夫理工大学。这让我很好奇为什么伊朗人对电子工程如此着迷。总的来说，伊朗人似乎很聪明，对STEM(科学、技术、工程、数学)很感兴趣，他们是伟大的人民。他们似乎在那里做的非常好。
Guess what, Arab countries have smart people too. And so does Pakistan and Afghanistan etc.
US sanctions have deprived American companies from access to Iran and its riches, I don''''''''t think this is fair.
In the meantime the Chinese get all the oil from Iran and Irak. The West has been taking many Iranians in, many were educated in Western Universities and many succeeded in the West. I don''''''''t see them running back to Iran, why? Brain drain yes, but why does Iran not reverse the tables, make life nice in Iran, encourage immigration by educated professionals, encourage entrepreneurship, make it comfortable for a educated middle class, have stable laws and an independent non-corrupt judiciary. You can have people practice Islam if they want to, why not?
你猜怎么着，阿拉伯国家也有聪明人。巴基斯坦和阿富汗也是如此。美国的制裁剥夺了美国公司接触伊朗及其财富的机会，我认为这是不公平的。
与此同时，中国从伊朗和伊拉克获得了所有的石油。西方国家接纳了许多伊朗人，伊朗许多人在西方大学接受教育，也有许多人在西方取得了成功。我没看到他们回来伊朗，为什么?人才是流失了，但是为什么伊朗不扭转局势，让生活更美好，鼓励受过教育的专业人士移民，鼓励创业，让受过教育的中产阶级过得更舒适，有稳定的法律和独立廉洁的司法。如果人们愿意，你可以让他们信仰伊斯兰教，为什么不呢?
Imagine two countries—that used to be one country.
The one country had thousands of years of shared cultural and linguistic history. And centuries of mostly shared history of rising and falling kingdoms, dynasties, and governments.
And then, what had been one people was split into two countries. With two very different governments.
The people of the first country were allowed to develop their own potential as they saw fit. They were free to pursue their own ambitions, according to their talent and work ethic. They were free to choose their own government, and to elect their own leaders.
The people of the second country were able to develop their potential, and pursue their ambitions, only to a much more limited extent. They lived and worked under a state planned economy, dominated by rigid communist ideals.
The first country is commonly referred to as South Korea. South Korea is not the country with the most unused potential.
Instead, South Korea serves as a comparison. A control group, if you will.
South Korea is a living picture of what might have been.
It proves, devastatingly, that the second country, whose people are largely the same, but whose government is drastically different, has the most unused potential of any country in the world.
That country, of course, is North Korea.
有个国家有几千年共同的文化和语言历史。几个世纪以来，王国、朝代和政府的起起落落基本上是共同的历史。
然后，一个民族分裂成两个国家。和两个完全不同的政府。
第一个国家的人民被允许在他们认为合适的时候开发他们自己的潜力。根据他们的才能和职业道德，他们可以自由地追求自己的抱负。他们可以自由选择自己的政府，选举自己的领导人。
第二个国家的人民也能够发挥他们的潜力，追求他们的抱负，但范围要小得多。他们生活和工作在国家计划经济体制下，由严格的理想主导。
第一个国家通常被称为韩国。韩国并不是最有潜力的国家。
相反，韩国只是一个比较对象。
韩国是一个活生生的例子。
令人震惊的是，它证明了第二个国家，其人民基本相同，但其政府却截然不同，却拥有世界上任何国家中最未被利用的潜力。
当然，那个国家就是朝鲜。
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Mark de Haan, Born and Raised in New Hampshire
The United States of America
This may be an interesting choice but here me out.
The US is quite successful in many aspects. Our many successes include-
The world’s largest and one of the most innovative and advanced economies on the planet.
Being the world’s foremost military power with the former U.S.S.R. post-WW2 and arguably the sole superpower since 1990
A highly entrepreneurial and “can-do” attitude. This has led to the US being a nation of creators and improvers. Some great improvements, feats, or inventions that have arisen from this “can-do” attitude/entrepreneurial spirit include- The Model T, the first cell phone, landing men on the moon, and more.
A world leader in the fields of science, healthcare, and education.
Arguably the most culturally influential nation on the planet other than the United Kingdom.
Having a high-skilled labor force.
Not the best by any means, but a decent standard of living.
A stable and functioning government.
Not too shabby, but I still find that the US hasn’t lived up to what it could be.
We still call ourselves the “land of the free” yet we still have the largest prison rate in the world at 724 inmates per 100,000 people.
We have some of the brightest people on this planet yet we also have an anti-intellectual streak that runs deep into certain pockets of our society.
We’re a nation of immigrants and diversity yet our country still has problems with racism and xenophobia. I find that we in the US take our diversity of peoples for granted.
Having some of the best hospitals and healthcare innovations on the planet, yet the worst healthcare system in the developed world.
Having some of the best learning institutions on the planet, yet at the same time being out of reach for most people simply because of cost.
Some places in the US are among the wealthiest places on the planet. Just go drive through Southwestern Connecticut, Westchester County, New York, Palo Alto, California, or through the boom towns of the Bracken Oil Fields of North Dakota, but… the US is also home to some of the poorest places in the developed world. If you ever visit a Native American reservation, rural communities throughout the American South, declining Midwestern industrial towns like Gary or Detroit, or old logging towns in Northern Maine then you will find that our insane levels of wealth in this country haven’t spread to everyone.
Some parts of the US might as well be a Christian theocracy to people from other developed nations, yet we also have parts of the US where secularism and a lack of religion is the norm. This is the perfect brew for polarization.
Although our violent crime rate has been in steady decline, we still have issues with firearms that is unseen in any other country.
What this list shows is that the US is a heavily contrasting nation. We have two faces and in order to achieve our fullest potential we have to get on the same page. I think most of us Americans can agree that our healthcare system is flawed and inefficient, our education system is unequal in quality and way too expensive, and that we have some serious internal problems to work out.
I say that we Americans roll up our sleeves and use some of that “can-do” attitude that we seem to be lacking nowadays and make this country reach for the sky like we once strived to do.
美利坚合众国
美国在很多方面都很成功。我们的许多成功包括：
1.世界上最大、最具创新力和最先进的经济体之一。
2.与二战后的前苏联一起成为世界上最重要的军事力量，也是自1990年以来唯一的超级大国。
3.高度的企业家精神和“我能行”的态度。这使得美国成为一个由创造者和改善者组成的国家。从这种“我能行”的态度/创业精神中产生的一些伟大的进步、功绩或发明包括——T型小汽车，第一部手机，人类登月等等。
4.在科学、医疗和教育领域处于世界领先地位。
5.可以说是地球上除英国之外最具文化影响力的国家。
6.拥有高技能的劳动力。
7.虽然不是最好的，但生活水平还算不错。
8.一个稳定而有效的政府。
虽不算坏，但我仍然发现美国没有达到应有的水平。
1.我们仍然称自己为“自由之国”，但我们仍然拥有世界上最高的入狱率，每10万人中有724名囚犯。
2.我们有这个星球上最聪明的一些人，但我们也有反知识分子的倾向，这种倾向深入到我们社会的某些角落。
3.我们是一个移民和多元化的国家，但我们的国家仍然存在种族主义和仇外心理问题。我发现，我们美国人认为我们民族的多样性是理所当然的。
4.拥有一些世界上最好的医院和医疗创新，却拥有发达国家中最糟糕的医疗体系。
5.拥有一些世界上最好的学习机构，但与此同时，由于消费成本的原因，大多数人无法接触到这些机构。
6.美国的一些地方是地球上最富有的地方之一。开车穿过康涅狄格州西南部、纽约州的韦斯特切斯特县、加利福尼亚州的帕洛阿尔托，或者北达科他州的布雷肯油田的繁荣城镇，你就会发现这点。但是，美国也是一些最贫穷的发达国家人民的家园。如果你去过印第安人保留地，美国南部的农村社区，衰落的中西部工业城镇，如加里或底特律，或缅因州北部的老伐木城镇，你会发现，我们国家疯狂的财富水平并没有扩散到每个人身上。
7.对于其他发达国家的人来说，美国的某些地区可能是基督教的神权政体，但在美国的另一些地区，世俗主义和缺乏宗教信仰是常态。这是两极分化的完美表现。
8.尽管我们的暴力犯罪率一直在稳步下降，但我们仍然存在枪支问题，这在任何其他国家都是看不到的。
这份列表表明，美国是一个反差很大的国家。我们有两张面孔，为了充分发挥我们的潜力，我们必须达成一致。我想我们大多数美国人都同意，我们的医疗保健系统是有缺陷和低效的，我们的教育系统在质量上是不平等的，而且太昂贵，我们有一些严重的内部问题需要解决。
我想说的是，我们美国人应该卷起袖子，用一些我们现在似乎缺乏的“我能行”的态度，让这个国家像我们曾经努力做的那样，更上一层。
Take a deep look at these country!
A country blessed with large deposits of 44 different minerals spread across the country.
639 million metric tonnes proven reserves of coal but production is only at 0.04 million metric tonnes. No wonder there are only few power stations and regular power cut in the country.
Has three billion metric tonnes proven reserves of iron ore but production is only 0.07 million metric tonnes.
Has five million metric tonnes proven reserves of lead/zinc but production is at 0.6 million metric tonnes.
Has one million metric ounces proven reserves of gold but production is 0.14 million ounces.
Has 568 million metric tonnes proven reserves of limestone, but produces only at 11 million metric tonnes.
World''''''''s sixth-largest exporter of oil.
A population of over 180 million people of which 60% of that number is below 40 years of age.
Africa’s most populous country and seventh in the whole world.
Has an Agricultural land of 708000 sq. Km in 2014, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.
There army is the best ground force in the whole of Africa and one of the best in the world.
You should not task your brain thinking too much about what country this might be, its the almighty giant of Africa ‘’Nigeria’’.
Despite all of these resources
We depend alot on foreign aid: We depend on foreign aid to handle some basic human needs, an even immunizing children against polio and other mundane challenges that could be solved by any cool headed government. Nigeria receives one of the highest economic assistance in the world. About ($US413,300,000) has been received by the Nigerian government in form of aid in the past years. Begging is almost legal in this country, even our government does it and the most irritating thing is that our begging bowl leaks!
Epileptic power supply: Nigeria’s current power generation has reached 7000 Mega Watts, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said. At some time 2017 Nigeria was ranked as the second worst nation in power supply after Yemen as power drops to 3,851 megawatts, MW. South Africa generates over 34000 megawatts and the U.S as at 2014 generates over 317-000-000 megawatts, these is to show you how far behind we are.
Crime and terrorism: These two issues also negatively influence the economic situation of the country. Actually, the Nigerian crime issue gives many people in this country sleepless nights. In some places, people feel that they cannot walk around their own neighborhoods freely anymore. Public security is an important aspect of every state, and Nigeria has failed in this respect. As for terrorist attacks, they are now on the rise in Nigeria, which is the result of Boko Haram activities over the past years. Different violent activities such as bombings, kidnappings, and others don’t give the Nigerians a feeling of safety. Consequently, the Global Peace Index of 2016, has classified Nigeria as the 4th country in the world with the highest level of deaths as a result of conflict.
Unemployment: To tell the truth, unemployment is one of the most damaging problems in Nigeria, and many people are disappointed due to a widespread of joblessness Actually, it seems like we are going round in circles, the unemployment is high due to economic recession, and we have tough economic situation due to the high rate of unemployment. We need to break out of this vicious cycle. Unemployment in Nigeria is like a viral disease, the treatment for which has not been discovered yet. These days, about 24 % of Nigerian people are unemployed. Actually, these numbers are worse for the youths. According to the official Nigerian statistics, 38% of those under 24 are unemployed, but the World Bank uates this number to be closer to 80%. In March 2014, sixteen people were killed in a scuffle when 500,000 despairing job-seekers were hurrying to apply for about 5,000 vacancies in the Immigration Service of Nigeria. Students, after graduating from higher educational institutions often face low morale due to joblessness. A lot of Nigerian graduates were not even able to acquire useful skills during their education process. They were busy reading textbooks without having an opportunity to practice what they read. That is why they apply for jobs for and they aren''''''''t hired due to the lack of special skills. As a result, graduates usually stay in their parents’ homes for a long period, with mounting pessimism and frustration. Actually, it is one of the main cause of crime among young Nigerian people, as they turn to unconscionable activities because there is nothing else except to generate income or occupy their time. Annually, about 200,000 students graduate from different universities, but most of them are not able to find a job.
Poor educational systems. These days, corruption has also spread to the Nigerian educational system, especially in universities. Professors are used to taking money from students in exchange for good marks. Some students even say that they have to bribe university executives to have their exam results submitted and compiled for the National Youth Service Corps. The higher institutions and universities in this country are not in shape. The facilities that are needed to adequately teach students so that they can be useful to companies after graduation are missing. Too much theory in our educational institutions and a total lack of practice is what the big issue is. A lot of companies have appealed to the Federal government to sure the necessary tools are accessible to enable the students that specialize in the are to be fully prepared.
These are but a few of the problems this country can easily take care of with the the resources presented to her by mother earth.
Books and all forms of writing material is a treat to those who choose to suppress the truth. Wole Soyinka.
There is no pride in telling the world the problems one face in his or her country, but one sure way great revolutionist solve dreadful challenges in their country is to complain, then complain a little more, then a little more until those who matter do that which is supposed to be done to solve the problem, and these is my sole aim.
No matter the amount of resources a nation may have if they fail to utilize them, then it is as good as having non.
好好看看这个国家吧!
1.这是一个拥有44种不同矿藏遍布全国的国家。
2.煤炭探明储量6.39亿吨，但产量仅为0.04万吨。难怪这个国家只有很少的发电站且经常断电。
3.已探明的铁矿石储量为30亿吨，但产量只有0.07万吨。
4.已探明的铅/锌储量为500万吨，但产量为60万吨。
5.黄金探明储量为100万盎司，但产量为14万盎司。
6.已探明石灰岩储量为5.68亿吨，但产量仅为1100万吨。
7.世界第六大石油出口国。
8.人口超过1.8亿，其中60%的人口年龄在40岁以下。
9.非洲人口最多的国家，世界第七。
10.根据世界银行收集且官方认可的发展指标，其在2014年拥有农业用地708000平方公里。
11.那里的陆军是整个非洲最好的地面部队，也是世界上最好的地面部队之一。
你都不用让你的大脑过多地思考这可能是一个什么样的国家，它就是非洲的全能巨头——尼日利亚。
尽管有这些资源
我们非常依赖外国援助:我们依靠外国援助来满足一些基本的人类需求，甚至为儿童接种小儿麻痹症疫苗，以及任何冷静的政府都能解决的其他日常挑战。尼日利亚获得了世界上最高的经济援助之一。过去几年，尼日利亚政府收到了大约41330万美元的援助。乞讨在这个国家几乎是合法的，甚至我们的政府也这么做，最让人恼火的是我们的乞讨碗还漏了!
电力供应常抽风：巴巴通德.法斯霍拉表示，尼日利亚目前的发电量已达到7000万瓦。在2017年的某个时候，尼日利亚被列为电力供应第二差的国家，仅次于也门，也门的电力供应下降到3851兆瓦。南非的发电量超过34000兆瓦。2014年的发电量超过317- 100万兆瓦，说这些是为了告诉你我们落后了多少。
犯罪和恐怖主义:这两个问题也对国家的经济形势产生了负面影响。事实上，尼日利亚的犯罪问题让这个国家的很多人夜不能寐。在一些地方，人们觉得他们再也不能在自己的社区自由走动了。公共安全对每个国家来说都是一个重要方面，尼日利亚在这方面失败了。至于恐怖袭击，看看博科圣地过去几年的活动，现在尼日利亚的恐怖袭击呈上升趋势。爆炸、绑架等不同的暴力活动并没有给尼日利亚人带来安全感。因此，2016年全球和平指数将尼日利亚列为世界上因冲突而死亡人数最高的第4个国家。
失业：说实话，失业是尼日利亚最具破坏性的问题之一，由于失业的普遍存在，许多人感到失望，我们似乎在原地打转，经济衰退导致失业率居高不下，由于失业率高，我们的经济形势很严峻。我们需要打破这种恶性循环。尼日利亚的失业就像一种病毒性疾病，尚未发现其治疗方法。目前，大约24%的尼日利亚人失业。实际上，这些数字对年轻人来说更糟糕。根据尼日利亚官方统计，24岁以下的年轻人中有38%处于失业状态，但是世界银行估计这个数字接近80%。2014年3月，50万绝望的求职者匆忙申请尼日利亚移民局的约5000个职位，导致16人在一场混战中丧生。大学生从高等院校毕业后，往往会因为失业而士气低落。许多尼日利亚毕业生甚至无法在他们的教育过程中获得有用的技能。他们忙于阅读课本，没有机会实践他们所读的。这就是为什么他们申请工作，但由于缺乏特殊技能而没有被聘用。因此，毕业生往往长时间呆在父母家里，悲观和沮丧情绪不断加剧。实际上，这是尼日利亚年轻人犯罪的主要原因之一，因为他们转向不合理的活动，因为除了创造收入或占用他们的时间外，没有其他的事情。每年大约有20万学生从不同的大学毕业，但他们中的大多数人都找不到工作。
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可怜的教育系统：现在，腐败也蔓延到尼日利亚的教育系统，特别是大学。教授们习惯于拿学生的钱来换取好成绩。一些学生甚至说，他们不得不贿赂大学主管人员，让他们把考试成绩提交给国家青年服务队，并由他们进行编辑。这个国家的高等院校和大学都不完善。为了在学生毕业后为公司服务而必须为他们提供足够的教育设施，而这些设施现在都没有。我们教育机构的理论太多，而实践却完全缺乏，这才是大问题。许多公司已经向联邦政府呼吁，确保必要的工具是可获得的，以使专业的学生准备充分。
这些仅仅是这个国家利用地球母亲提供给她的资源就能很容易解决的几个问题。
A country with trillions of dollars in natural resources. A country with 150 million people. A country with some of the hardest-working people.
And it all makes less money that the state of New York.
Yes, I am referring to none other than the largest country on Earth, Russia.
Make no mistake, this country is already a superpower. But it has the potential to be something much, much more powerful. Why isn''''''''t it much more powerful? Because of the government, which has neglected Russia for hundreds of years.
While other European monarchs were busy advancing capitalist economies and industrializing, Russia was busy ending feudalism. After all, it''''''''s a lot harder to waste tax money and abuse your power when the uppity peasants are out and about.
While other European monarchs built dazzling universities and modernized, Russia was busy losing wars. Despite having the largest army in Europe, it lost war after war because the Tsars were blind to the problems of the army. Just look at the Russo-Japanese War, or the Crimean War.
After the Revolution, Russia was again behind on the economy. They spent the bulk of their GDP on an army that would keep their satellite states loyal, satellite states that today have turned against Russia.
And even now, Putin leads an ineffective government that fails to advance the country. Corruption is as common in Russia as breathing and eating. Police and lawyers work for the highest bidder. The Parliament is full of incompetent cronies who pay tribute to Putin. The government spends money on keeping the generals and elderly loyal, so Putin can be voted into office again and again, and not on developing Russia''''''''s poor infrastructure and industry.
It really does make me sad as a Russian, seeing such a great and beautiful country stagnating in the Modern Era when it could be so much more. I hope that soon things will change, and Russia will enter an era of growth and prosperity!
一个拥有数万亿美元自然资源的国家。一个拥有1.5亿人口的国家。这个国家的人民工作最努力。
而且这个国家赚的钱比纽约州还少。
是的，我指的不是别人，正是地球上最大的国家，俄罗斯。
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毫无疑问，这个国家已经是超级大国了。但它有潜力成为更强大的力量。
为什么它没有更强大?因为政府，它的政府已经疏于照顾俄罗斯几百年了。
当其他欧洲君主忙于推进资本主义经济和工业化时，俄国却忙于结束封建制度。
当其他欧洲君主建造令人眼花缭乱的大学和现代化的时候，俄国正忙于输掉战争。尽管拥有欧洲最庞大的军队，但由于沙皇对军队的问题视而不见，它在一场又一场的战争中失败了。只要看看日俄战争，或者克里米亚战争就知道了。
革命之后，俄罗斯的经济再次落后。他们把大部分的国内生产总值花在了军队上，以保持他们的卫星国的忠诚，这些卫星国如今转而反对俄罗斯。
即使是现在，普京领导的政府也没有效率，未能推动国家前进。腐败在俄罗斯就像呼吸和饮食一样普遍。警察和律师为出价最高的人工作。议会里满是无能的亲信，他们唯普京马首是瞻。政府把钱花在维持将军和老年人的忠诚上，这样普京就可以一次又一次地当选，而不是花在发展俄罗斯落后的基础设施和工业上。作为一个俄罗斯人，看到这样一个伟大而美丽的国家在现代停滞不前，我真的很难过。
我希望很快事情会改变，俄罗斯将进入一个增长和繁荣的时代!
Canada.
We have the worlds most fresh water. We have plenty of vacant land. We have pretty much all the resources we need to do anything right in our country. We have good trade relationships with most of the world. We have entire populations in the north that can be elevated by having more investments put in place both publicly and privately in education and healthcare. We can open up the northwest passage to facilitate trade. As climate change continues to wreak havoc on the world, Canada seems to be set up to handle it better than most countries.
Canada, even with it''''''''s small population, has the ability to be a global superpower; we have capable people with access to an abundance of resources. We are one of the few nations that, if governed properly, does not NEED outside help to get things built. We only really NEED to import certain luxury items. We can feed people with what we have here. We can give all our people energy with what we have here. We have people with the skills to build anything we could dream of. We can provide all our people with what they need AND still have enough to get rich selling the leftovers to our allies.
We have everything in place to be a global leader .
I also need to give honorable mentions to Russia, China, North Korea, India, Brazil, Greenland/Denmark, and Antarctica (not a country, but so much is unknown about it that there has got to be some potential there). I won''''''''t make my case for them, as some already have.
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我们有世界上最新鲜的水资源。我们有很多空地。在我们的国家，我们几乎拥有做任何事情都需要的所有资源。我们与世界上大多数国家都有良好的贸易关系。我们可以通过增加教育和医疗领域的公共和私人投资来提升北方的人口数量。我们可以开辟西北通道，促进贸易。随着气候变化继续对世界造成严重破坏，加拿大似乎比大多数国家都能更好地应对。
加拿大虽然人口不多，但有能力成为全球超级大国;我们有能力的人能够获得丰富的资源。我们是少数几个如果管理得当就不需要外界帮助就能建设的国家之一。我们只需要进口一些奢侈品。我们可以用我们这里的东西来养活人们。我们可以用我们所拥有的给我们所有的人能量。我们有能力建造任何我们梦想的东西。我们可以为我们所有的人提供他们需要的东西，并且仍然能通过把剩下的卖给我们的盟友来赚到钱。
我们已经具备了成为全球领导者的一切条件。
我还需要提到的是俄罗斯、中国、朝鲜、印度、巴西、格陵兰/丹麦和南极洲(这不是一个国家，但它有很多未知之处，所以肯定有一些潜力)。就不赘述了。
In my mind I’d have to lump virtually every African country into this category. But let me give you two examples:
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has more natural wealth than any other African country. The deposits of mineral wealth lies in the trillions - most of it is untapped. And it’s people are unbelievably poor.
Politicians in the Congo are interested in one thing only: Power. They will do anything to attain and keep that power. Factional fighting has resulted in wars. Massive wars. Genocides. Slavery. It’s horrific.
Due to ongoing factional wars, there are so many Congolese living outside of the Congo as a result. Many of them I have met here in Cape Town and it is unbelievable that such wonderful people have been “chased out” of their homeland. People who have taken 3500 mile journey on foot. Families have been separated.
The DRC also has a 1000km river, the Congo River, which has enough latent energy that if converted by a series of hydroelectric plants, could power the entire African continent and much of the Middle East.
So, a country with a rich culture, an abundance of mineral and natural resources, all governed by greedy men who have no desire at all to actually help the people they are meant to govern.
I do not think I will see a prosperous DRC in my lifetime.
The other example is the Central African Republic. You don’t hear much about CAR in the press. Most people don’t even know it’s a real country. People think “Central Africa” is a geographic location.
But here is the kicker: The land of the CAR is so fertile that proper commercial farming would wipe out food poverty in the entire African continent. That’s about 1.2 billion people. And that’s without any further damage to rainforests, etc.
The CAR is a very poor country. Most people live on subsistence farming, barely feeding themselves, when the land actually could feed the entire continent.
I could cite many more examples of African countries living well below their potential. As an African living in Africa, it is heart-breaking to see that tribalism and greed will keep everyone in poverty. There’s no magical Wakanda here.
在我看来，我不得不把几乎每个非洲国家都归为这一类。让我举两个例子:
刚果民主共和国(DRC)拥有比任何其他非洲国家都多的自然财富。矿藏的储量有数万亿，其中大部分尚未开发。它的人民穷得令人难以置信。
刚果的政客们只对一件事感兴趣:权力。他们会做任何事情来获得并保持这种力量。派系斗争导致了战争。大规模的战争。种族灭绝。奴役。很可怕。
由于持续的派系战争，因此有很多刚果人生活在刚果之外。我在开普敦见过他们中的许多人，难以置信的是，这些了不起的人被“赶出”了他们的祖国。他们徒步走了3500英里。家庭也四分五裂。
刚果民主共和国还有一条1000公里长的河流——刚果河，这条河蕴藏着大量的潜在能量，如果通过一系列水电站的改造，可以为整个非洲大陆和中东大部分地区提供电力。
所以，一个拥有丰富文化、丰富矿产和自然资源的国家，都由贪婪的人统治着，而这些人根本没有意愿去帮助他们想要统治的人民。
我认为我有生之年不会看到一个繁荣的刚果民主共和国。
另一个例子是中非共和国。你很少在报纸上听到有关中非共和国的报道。大多数人甚至不知道这是一个真正的国家。人们还以为“中非”只是一个地理位置。
但这就是问题所在:中非共和国的土地是如此肥沃，适当的商业性农业就可以消除整个非洲大陆的粮食贫困。那可是12亿人啊。而且不会对雨林造成进一步的破坏。
中非共和国是一个非常贫穷的国家。大多数人以自给自足的农业为生，勉强糊口，而这块土地实际上可以养活整个非洲大陆。
我可以举出更多非洲国家远远低于其潜力的例子。作为一个生活在非洲的非洲人，看到部落主义和贪婪会让每个人都陷入贫困是令人心碎的。这里没有神奇的瓦坎达。
My neighbour in west, Greenland has a lot of raw resources that are hardly touched.
It had rare earth minerals, gold, iron-ore, rubies and uranium.
In large quantities, it seems.
along with other countries, have shown great interest in mining pressing the local government very hard.
There are several companies “researching” potiential mines there, some have even for several years.
Some find it strange, and there are stories of men in suits with heavy black luggage flying out of Greenland with minimal or even none customs surveillance.
There is grave danger that locals will not benefit much from the mining.
我西边的邻居格陵兰岛，那里有很多几乎无人问津的原始资源。
那里有稀土、黄金、铁矿石、红宝石和铀。
似乎量很大。
其他国家一样，对采矿表现出了极大的兴趣........
有几家公司在那里“研究”潜在的矿藏，有些甚至已经研究了好几年。
有这样的事情:穿着西装的人带着沉重的黑色行李从格陵兰起飞，甚至没有海关监视。这让很多人觉得奇怪。
当地居民将不会从采矿中得到多少好处，这是一个严重的危险。