>>1 What are qualifications for third-world tier?
[] Daily riots & looting
[] Lack of democratic representation
[] Lots of exotic diseases
[] Expensive internet
[] Lack of basic healthcare
[] Lots of paramilitary groups and milities
[] Rich people require gated communities to live
[] Organized crime & gangs dominate urban life
[] Religious extremists with wide influence
[] Political extremists with wide influence
[] Racial and ethnic minorities persecuted
[] Urban/Rural political divide
[] Government obsessed with military might
[] Militarized police
[] Lack of stable middle class
[] Extreme wealth disparity and widespread poverty
Hmm, does this remind one of anything?