To ask what is your favourite nation

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of people and why? I'll start by saying as a brit I just love the Aussies for their chilled out nature and dry, self depreciating humour.

Argentina.
Great people.
Great country.
Shit government, continually prodded Right by bloody USA.

If I can pick 2 it would be Scotland & Wales, equally. I live in Scotland but I love everything about Wales

Me too @Wannakisstheteacher

Russia!

Also a fan of Denmark. Been a few times as distant family there. Would love to live there if I could but the language is

Socially progressive, lovely countryside, unspoilt and Danes I've met in my 20s were always up for a party and had some brilliant drinking games . Only been in the summer thought. I've heard it's a bit grim weather wise in winter. Grimmer than UK?

So I'll chose Denmark for that reason.

I’ve never met a Dutch person I didn’t get on amazingly well with. Plus Can’t go wrong with all those tulips.

Scotland. We have amazing cities, beautiful scenery and coastlines, Highland, islands and mountains. Culture, history and personality. We don't have great weather, but our land is fertile and rich and we grow great crops and animals. Fab place.

Otherwise, Canada and its people sound rather wonderful.

Culturally, I felt I fit in extremely well in South Africa and loved their open, laid back, relaxed approach but felt we had more in common than e.g. Australians. I also loved Kenya (spent several months working in both). But in both countries there is a big cultural divide based on race.

I also love the Canadians and find them very welcoming and friendly, whereas a lot of nations that are superficially friendly (Americans, Scandinavians) can often be challenging as an expat, for varying reasons (Scandinavians in particular I have heard from expat friends have very tight and insular groups of friends that they don't bring outsiders into easily).

In terms of loving other aspects e.g. food, landscapes etc. I don't have a clear winner. Out of everywhere I travelled Burma and Mongolia were the most interesting. But Kenya and South Africa are the only places I've ever truly considered relocating to.

Aussies (if we're generalising) have many qualities but self-deprecation isn't among them!
They are however, in my experience, open and hospitable. (I've lived there and visited other times.)

@strudsespark

Really? Maybe it’s not quite the right word then. I definitely don’t mean stuffy or stilted!

It’s more a combination of being genuine and very gracious.

@RealisticSketch

Love Germany for things being well organised, the country does what it says on the tin, and the wealth of the nation doesn't all come from big corporates, it's the land of the family enterprise. Social hierarchy much flatter than the UK too, more equality. I like the fact it takes ages to get to know them but a friend made is a friend for life.

When were you last in Germany? What part of Germany did you spend time in? Did you ever live in Germany? You have such a "Disney" image of a country you obviously have no real experience of. I have lived here now for over 30 years, and believe me, your image is wrong. There are many positive things about life here, but not one of your perceptions can be seen as realistic or true.

I went to NZ expecting to enjoy it, but there's a few very nice things about the culture there:

• No rip off culture - in many countries, if it's a remote location and the only shop, you will be ripped off with small portions for big prices. In NZ, the prices were consistently reasonable everywhere. A half pint in the Green Dragon was no more than a half pint in Spoons (it does not come in pints). The cheapest petrol I got (76p) was in the last petrol station for 100 miles.

• The trust! We got to most of our hotels way after check in. Without having paid, they just left a key for us and arranged payment a couple of days later.

• We ended up feeling safe enough to leave handbags on the back seat of the car - a spare key turned up on our seat (must have fallen out of a side pocket) and the car wasn't touched.

• Speaking of the hire car, the woman seemed genuinely baffled that I was taking photos of the condition at the point of rental. I brought it back with a square cn chip of paint off to no charges.

• Oh and the roads! Somewhat adorably, they claim the roads are narrow and twisty. But we drove to all sorts of places and never encountered a single pothole in 2500 miles. Plus clean toilets at the many rest stops.

• The sheer convenience of most walking points. A map at each car park telling you what walking routes, how long each one takes and what challenges there are. You want a half hour break to the view point and back? Or a two hour circuit of the lake? You pick.

@thelegohooverer
We are normally perceived as quite rude by brits. We don't have/use please in the same way as you and we are erh... blunt . When we hear brits beat around the bush in order not to offend, we don't necessarily understand what you actually mean.

But thank you, will take the genuine and gratious anytime .

igaveupallthenames I lived in Bavaria for several years. It was over ten years ago but not ancient history.

The Scots Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Love the humour, the seeking of the common good for the nation, not what's best for the minority, the traditions and the history and their resilience.

It’s an odd question and assumed that millions of people all think and act the same way. There are nice people and unfriendly people everywhere.

I live in the USA and my husband is American and I have many very good friends here. But if I said “Americans” I’d get the usual MN response that they are all “gun-loving idiots”. But they are not. I don’t love my husband because he’s an American. He just happens to have been born and raised here. The same with my friends. They are who they are.

I enjoy living here, as impossible as it may sound to some of you.

I’m English and live in US. My absolute fav place is Scotland, such a gorgeous place and I’ve never met a Scottish person I didn’t like. I’ve been lucky enough to have many Scottish friends and they’d all give you the shirt off their back.

I love the Irish.
I desperately want to go travelling so this thread is not helping! At this rate my favourite nation will be Tesco express staff at the local garage or the man in the corner shop ☹️

New Zealand. The scenery, beaches, lakes, mountains, cafes, restaurants, amazing coffee, vineyards, relaxed friendly attitudes.

@HitchFlix

I've never been to Estonia but I've never met an Estonian I didn't like!

@HitchFlix

Where do you meet them then? What do you like about them and how would you describe them?

Nazi Germany. Such outfits !

sorry this is a daft thread

My BiL moved to New Zealand about eighteen months ago and is living a life he just couldn’t have had in the UK. Beautiful country with what seem like beautiful people. Definitely on our list of places we want to go to.

I’m quite partial to the British too, particularly our humour. It appeals to me.

Love the Irish.
Beautiful country.

I'm French, living in UK, so naturally got a sweet spot for the UK.
My dad is a anglophile and I've been raised with british music, english breakfast and I even tried to say Worcestershire sauce at a very young age (quickly became: "sauce anglaise" at home though).
Just love living here really. Beautiful country, exciting culture, arts, architecture, music, and brilliant diverse people.

This said, more generally, my heart belongs to slavic countries. Absolutely fascinated by Russia and ex-Yugoslavia (mostly Serbia)
Can't really explain why.

@RealisticSketch I must say that I agree with @IgiveupallthenamesIwantedareg0

The Germany you speak of is nothing like the Germany I know and live in . Maybe Bavaria in parts but nowhere else (in my experience!).

[quote Alonelonelyloner]**@RealisticSketch* I must say that I agree with @IgiveupallthenamesIwantedareg0*

The Germany you speak of is nothing like the Germany I know and live in . Maybe Bavaria in parts but nowhere else (in my experience!).[/quote]
I really don't want to derail this thread to become about Germany. All nations have positive and negative aspects, all nations have good and bad people. I just don't like to put every aspect of a particular nation "under one roof".