• Question: ok. so some sort of pinky-and-the-brain style evil genius has decided to blow up every country in the world, except for three. it is your choice which three countries will survive. which three would you choose?

    note: in order to get rid of some of the humanitarian concerns, lets say that the people in these countries will survive and perhaps be transported to another planet...or something. consider a world where only 3 countries- along with their culture, wildlife, food, natural resources, population- are intact. WHO WILL YOU SAVE? - charbar
  • Answer:

    Haha wow, I love this question! At first I was like, America! Russia! Doesn’t matter! but I realized that I had no idea why I would save those two countries… just because they’re connected to me somehow? Selfish. Besides, I have three countries to save from this shockingly benign evil genius.

    I decided to pick small nations, the ones that I think deserve the chance to operate without the pressures of all those superpowers breathing down their throats. Like Slovenia. I think Slovenia is adorable for two very arbitrary reasons: 1. one of my best friends in high school was Slovenian/Jamaican and went there every once in a while to visit, and she’d always come back and talk about how cool the “mountain men” who lived there are. 2. Tomas Salamun, this ridiculous poet. I love him, I love that he came to BYU and said the word “shit,” and I love his sexy old guy voice. Slovenia.

    For the second country I decided to pick an African country, but unfortunately I don’t know much about Africa. South Africa can go to another planet, as long as Nelson moves to Slovenia very soon. Uganda could also use a change of scenery. I like Liberia in theory but not in practice. So I picked based on this: http://creativeroots.org/?p=2155

    Yes, that’s right, I picked which African country to save based on whose king had the coolest portrait. Frankly, they’re all fantastic. Love that Cameroon has like 5, but…

    I’ve decided to save South Africa. They’re doing better with the whole race relations thing, right? And look! The king of the Zulus has a lion in his picture. 

    Final country - Ideally, this would be a magical Russia-US hybrid where everyone lived in harmony. BUT, as that is a completely ridiculous idea, I have decided to save… New Zealand. It’s pretty and they’ve got both the Flight of the Conchords and Lord of the Rings. What more could a three country globe ask for?

    So there you have it - Slovenia, South Africa, and New Zealand. I think we could all get along.