On: South Korea: The only middle power of its kind

[odiroot]

> My wife is South Korean so I'm biased. But I've been to Japan and South Korea and if you're looking for one of the most modern nations in the world, I strongly recommend you go to Korea. The only comparable country I've been to is the Netherlands or maybe Denmark.

Have you been to Singapore?

[alephnan → odiroot]

Singapore has 1/10th the population of South Korea, and 1/20th the population of Japan.

Singapore has less than 1% of South Korea's land mass, which is 25% of Japan.

It's not a fair comparison on the scale of the infrastructure.

[eatonphil → alephnan]

To be fair the Netherlands and Denmark are pretty small too.

[messe → eatonphil]

Singapore is 728.6 km^2, while the Netherlands and South Korea are 41,865 km^2 and 100,363 km^2 respectively. The Netherlands and South Korea are much more comparable.

[eatonphil → odiroot]

No I have not but I agree this would probably make the list. Maybe some of the Gulf city-states too but I haven't explored them very much.