I Am American

I've never understood this, but why is the US compared to smaller countries such as Norway, Finland, Germany, Japan or the U.K. in terms of education, crime rate, Health, etc.? Wouldn't it be more accurate to just compare the US to larger nations such as Russia, Canada, China, Australia and India?

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drymer · 56-60, M

These countries may be smaller but have a similar per-capita income. That is, they're roughly as wealthy as the US "per person". Thus it's a fair comparison... China and Russia may be bigger but they're pretty much dysfunctional third world countries on steroids, with too much of their money spend in their military while most of their people live in poverty... So they're really "too different" from western European countries and North American Countries to be considered for a fair comparison on those matters...