Which "world" does your country belong?

First World

but if consider only my city shanghai.it should be in at least 3rd world.

Oh, is that it.  

Originally posted by kotumeyil There's a misconception in minds of some people here. Second world does not mean "the world that is in the second rank of wealth". It is the Eastern Socialist Bloc.

If you haven't noticed Communism is dead and today the classification is based on the countrys present day economy. It doesn't matter how well Yugoslavia was doing 15 years ago, today it's a wreck. And what's this crap about us eating through the Yugo garbidge. The wealthyest Eastern block nation was East Germany. Even under Communism Bulgaria was much better off than Yugoslavia. Infact, the only regions of Yugoslavia that were prosperous were Slovenia, Croatia and perhaps to a lesser degree Bosnia. Serbia and Macedonia were draining them of their income and investing it into the more undeveloped areas of the country, i.e. into themselves. This was one of the numerous reasons why Slovenes, Croats and Bosniaks hated Serb domination so much.

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As far as I can recall Australia is about 8th or 9th, though I may be mistaken. That puts it very comfortably in the first world. The economic rushes in the late 19th century and post war period put us there, the neo-liberal economic policies from the mid 70s have allowed us to maintain the position.

According to the topic definitions Romania would be 2nd.

My vote goes for the 3rd. Yugoslavia, Hungaria, Chechoslovakia, East Germany might have been 2nd but not Romania.

*As a matter of fact, now we're third going for fourth!

Thank you Maju.

Originally posted by Mortaza Agree we are a third world country. But Istanbul is first world category, after all she make 60-80 of Turkey total production. Better than most cities.

Istanbul is in worse shape than many other cities in Turkey.Only thing that makes Istanbul is a recognizable world city is its history and nothing else.It's not fully urbanized, it's not a planned city, it's full of shanty neighborhoods and has a huge population while it can not offer job for its inhabits.%60-80 all alone? I thought it was the whole Marmara region where Kocaeli, Bursa, Bolu etc located.GaWC ranked Istanbul in Gamma World Cities with 4 point just because it holds the advanced producer services and is the center of the finance.

Originally posted by kotumeyil There's a misconception in minds of some people here. Second world does not mean "the world that is in the second rank of wealth". It is the Eastern Socialist Bloc.

If this is the case you're rite.But your question may refer to which country is more developed and advanced as well.

overall Turkey is a third world country.big cities such as Istanbul or Izmir can be squeezed in second world category tho.

Agree we are a third world country. But Istanbul is first world category, after all she make 60-80 of Turkey total production. Better than most cities.

 

Originally posted by Mila I don't understand how anyone could say Yugoslavia is third world? We're richer than the third world today, and we were far richer then. Countries you accept as second world without debate were, quite literally, picking through our garbage for their clothes and belongings. The only place where those on the other side of the border were doing better than those on our side was the Slovenian border with Italy. Gorizia had a higher standard of living than Nova Gorica. Areas of Austria were also doing better. Beyond that, we were lightyears ahead.

She's right, Tito's more market socialist and not Stalinist command socialist system preserved something of a market structure in Yugoslavia and decentralized economic planning that kept the economy somewhat receptive to the wants of the people that the more top down organized economies of the rest of the Eastern Bloc didn't have.  Of all the Eastern Bloc nations, Yugoslavia had the highest standard of living.