I might as well pose this question, as it has been on my mind for a while now. Sure, the answer is not necessarily cut and dry. However, there are definitely specific characteristics which could be considered necessary.

Of course, we’ve studied ad infinitum governmental aspects. Countries run by monarchies and despots don’t typically last forever, as our history has shown. Tentatively, it appears that we’re on to something with this (actually age-old) concept of democracy. This aside, however, I come to the real purpose for this post, and that is …

Economic Prosperity.

In an ideal world, does a country that has the perfect government system have a sustainably prosperous economy? What exactly is a prosperous economy? Is it a continuously increasing or eventually stable system with:

1. Large, rapid urban development projects to build city infrastructure, living accommodations, and other businesses?
2. Creation and development of new businesses, reduced barriers to entry, and lower taxes?
3. Reduction and minimization of poverty?
4. Elimination of bubble/burst economic structure?
5. Sustained manufacturing industry?
6. Raw and natural resources for business use and export?
7. Large tracts of fertile farming land?
8. Balancing currency exchange with foreign nations, in both total volume and exchange rate?
9. Balancing collective national worth? (We get ipods, they get $$$)
10. Maintaining GDP > Total public debt?

Honestly, I’m not sure. I’ve only listed a small (no doubt amateur) list of the potential factors. It could even be argued that since a country’s economy is not a closed system, it can never be guaranteed to be sustainably prosperous. That’s not entirely the point, though. Everyone seems to have focused so much on government over the past few hundred years, that it seems like no one truly knows the correct answer on economy. Is that to be the focus of the human race for the next few hundred years?