Reply #28: In my honest opinion, the most civilized countries where I have laid steps

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are as follows. First Sweden. Sweden because I found the Swedes to be the
most open minded people I have met anywhere. It is also a very modern
looking and extremely clean country. I travelled several hundred miles
from Stockholm all the way to Ringvattnet and never saw a slummy looking
area. Sweden has stayed out of wars, is always the first to jump into
humanitarian aid in disaster areas.

The next civilized country in my opinion is the most populous democracy
in the world, India. India had college level universities going back 2000
years! Yes that is two milleniums ago when Varanasi had a university for
high level learning. Today, India is turning out more college graduates
than any western country. The father of Indian independence from British
is the well known Mahatma Gandhi who was able to gain independence from
the British Empire in a totally non-violent manner. He never exploded a
bomb, never fired a bullet. India has large pockets of poverty. But I
felt safe walking in the poorest areas. Not only guns are illegal in
India, they are extremely rare. India stayed neutral during the cold war,
avoiding military pacts. India has never invaded or attacked any country
inspite of possessing nukes and one of the largest military size in the
world.