NationMaster - Discussion

Alexander Malejew 17th November 2005	There are few things I love more than Nationmaster.My 4 children, NationMaster then my wife. She knows this and accepts it, she said "I love NationMaster more than you too!" I credit Nationmaster for assisting me in being a masterful share trader! Thank You.
lovely teen 16th November 2005	i think the lowest below sea level is death valley which i think is 282 ft below sea level and in meters 82 below sea level
Melissa 12th November 2005	What is the Highest Elevation point in North America?
DK 11th November 2005	Hey people from Russia. Don't believe the hype - I am Canadian and I lived in the US for 2 years, it's awful. They have no opinions, no health care, they treat minorities horribly and bully every other country. Move to Canada - TRUE freedom of thoughts, race, religion etc
Anonymous 11th November 2005	The lowest point in North America is Death Valley, which is in California and 86m below sea level.
Mike 3rd November 2005	Visit the U.S. if you wish. But the propaganda that has risen from the West and the image of a glorious Americas will be shattered once you step foot on it's soil. It's a wasteland covered up the media. It's on the brink of destruction.
Michelle 27th October 2005	This is a cool website to go on to study canada's small population. GREAT WEBSITE
tara miller 25th October 2005	what's the lowest elevation in north America all? i cant find it!!!
Vacaya 21st October 2005	Can anyone tell me where the lowest point of elevation is in North America?
Wouldn't you like to know 20th October 2005	I need to know about Mexico,it has to be interesting, can anyone tell me now?
David 18th October 2005	well it has been finally proven that most Europeans from a country that has had a successful war for god knows how long. The USA is not stupid and it is not the smartest but it is a great place to live and has some of the best sites in the world. Kamila I read what you wrote and I hope you do come to the US either to visit or stay nice talking
Kim 17th October 2005	What's the highest populated city? What's the lowest populated? In North America for all these questions. The most amount of earthquakes? Highest snowfall? Area with the most amount of crime? Many lakes? Apple-growing area? Wheat-growing area?
Amanda 6th October 2005	I need to know what the lowest elevation point is. I think it's New Orleans, But I'm not sure.
Lexy 6th October 2005	I also agree that New Orleans is the lowest elevation point in North America. Does Hurricane Katrina ring a bell?
Carey Wilson 28th September 2005	I just looked it up - the lowest point in North America is in Death Valley, CA, which is 86 m below sea level.
Annette Blair 28th September 2005	Sorry Wendy, but here's the real answer to Joe's question. In North America the lowest point is in Death Valley, California at 282ft/86m below sea level. The highest point is Mount McKinley, Alaska at 20,320ft/6194m. If you are talking about the U.S. instead of the entire North American continent then the lowest point remains in Death Valley Ca., the highest point is then Mount Whitney,Ca at 14,494 ft. Incidentally, they have a race from Death Valley(lowest point) to the top of Mt. Whitney(highest point) that I've always wanted to try. Fun, fun fun! :)
sandy 21st September 2005	Joe, the lowest point of elevation for the US is in Death Valley.
carly&JOE 10th September 2005	I have a debate and I want to know what is the top three richest countries in the world
mike 8th September 2005	Lowest point should be Death Valley.
David 6th September 2005	lowest elevation point in North America Death Valley California In The US anyway. I don't think Canada has a lower point
Kamilla 21st August 2005	I am sure, that America the best country in the world. I live in Russia and I very much would like to visit America and even more than very much!!! I envy those people which live there.
simon 12th August 2005	Canada is the best country in world and the u.s. tried best country in world and it is true because i look in the internet.That is so cool.I live in Montreal.Canada's population is developing very fast that rich 33,000,000.
kmodek 4th August 2005	Joe, the lowest point of elevation in the US is Death Valley, CA.
Steven 17th July 2005	Dont you American see the links between Death, Obesity and Crime - it is clear to me fat people are shooting each other for their place in line at MacDonalds - Meaning People Die, Laws are broken and The fat people eat more food making them obese.
Al 15th July 2005	The answers to many of the questions asked above can be found in what many of you may regard as a rather bizzare source - The CIA factbook. While the Central Intelligence Agency has a dubious operational record the same can not be said of its' factbook which is the only halfway reliable source of demographic and economic data for a large number of undeveloped, corrupt or undeveloped and corrupt countries. It also contains the same data for developed countries. It can be found on line at. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
pj 6th July 2005	Excellent site!!! Is there a way to measure overall which country exports the most to the USA, and vice versa (USA exports most to which country?) It is broken down by category, so I am not able to do this.
sic 4th July 2005	Canada has everything the US has to offer to immigrants plus more Best country in the world!
trent 3rd July 2005	That's all well and good for Canada, but if any developed country had as small a population as Canada does, they would be that good too. You have to take Canada's miniscule population into account.
Joe 2nd July 2005	Can anyone tell me where the lowest point of elevation is in North America?
Cedric 29th June 2005	I found demographic info here: http://www.learncalifornia.org/doc.asp?id=441
Serafina Griffith 19th June 2005	I had a school teacher tell me the other day that there were more African Americans in California, the old west 1800's than there were caucasian and/or native American. I do not think this is accurate, and this is what are children are being taught about our History. Does anyone know a good place for accurate demographics of California during the 1800's?
How can I see USA 8th June 2005	Hi, I hearing the USA is very beautyfull and rich country of the world.But i am thinking that how i see it. thanks M,Iqbal pakistan miqbal72uk@hotmail.com
Joann 6th June 2005	Wow why do people competing at all? We are all people if you dont like Canada go somewhere else and if you do the ovious choice would be to stay here! and to you fahmad, you claim that there is not a singlt thing which it has advantage of others why not you change that or simply look around for good things about Canada rather than bad things.
DyLaN 29th May 2005	also canada is very beautiful, it is second largest, and the people of canada are very nice. canada also has alot of recourses in the canadian sheild (around hudson bay)that are believed to be caused by the glaciers during the ice age. CANADA IS AWSOME! Ps. fahmad canada also has some of the best skiing anywere.
max 26th May 2005	Thats not true, Fahmad, Canada is the country with the most fresh water on earth.
keema 25th May 2005	i want to know a little bit about north america
gwhet@i-c.net 2nd May 2005	How far from shore is the Continental Shelf - 50 miles, 25 miles? Also, can you tell me what the three mile limit is?
Jessie Hope 27th April 2005	I think America is a great country they've made there mistakes I've just moved to cali its a dream!
Jessie Hope 27th April 2005	I think America is a great country they've made there mistakes I've just moved to cali its a dream!
claris 24th April 2005	How do I find facts about North America?
someone. 21st April 2005	America is the best country in the whole world! and i live in asia and i am an american..so i know both sides..and america is still the best in my eyes
ܢܢܢܢܢ 17th March 2005	How come you got rid of Steven's commentary in this section?
fahmad 23rd February 2005	Canada is a wonderful country but there is not a single thing in which it has advantage over all others.
Ian Graham 21st February 2005	The fact that there were more white people on death row in the United States in 2001 than all other racial groups combined seems to indicate that the death penalty is applied without regard to racial origins. However, one must take into account that, according to the 2000 U.S. Census http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf , 75.1 percent of Americans (211,460,626 people) identify themselves as white. People who identify themselves as African Americans account for only 12.3 percent of the population (34,658,190 people). If the numbers for 2001 given above are correct, the number of white death row inmates is only about 25 percent higher than the number of African Americans sentenced to death, despite the white population being about six times larger than the African American population. So, statistically, an African American is more likely to be sent to death row than a white American.
Ron 17th January 2005	You know what would be great! If it showed Nation's strongest Alies. That would be so interesting.
Johann 3rd December 2004	Taipei - you are absolutely right. And Eloka - check up http://www.nationmaster.com/country/us/
ATaipei 3rd December 2004	Our friend who says the USA has "the highest crime of any country" is not telling the whole story. It's true that drug abuse remains a scourge in American society. A variety of crimes within its borders follow from this. The story becomes much more interesting, though, once one bears in mind that the level of documented crime in a society depends in large part on the willingness of that society to prosecute its criminals. The US experiences violence within its borders but hardly takes a lax attitude. This is not the case everywhere. One can easily look around the world and find regimes that daily turn blind eyes to rampant violence. Stores can be ransacked, ethnic minorities can be persecuted, political enemies can be imprisoned, and women and children can be abused in their own homes without any government intervention. Such regimes can, because of the lower number of crimes they prosecute, claim a lower level of documented crime. The daily reality faced by their citizens is a different matter. This is why any serious discussion of the true level of crime in a society takes into account the matter of official corruption. It's interesting that our friend left this aspect of crime out of the equation. If he taken the trouble to investigate the figures published here, he would have learned that the United States can claim a political process that is one of the most transparent in the world. Now that's interesting.

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