"Freest Economies"? You mean the biggest leach in modern history. They send all of their children to be educated abroad. The rely on the security provided by our military. And they provide safe harbor for all the rich tax evaders who made their money off the innovation created by countries that actually invest in research. Then there's also all the poor as dirt neighboring countries who does all the work for them and live in the pollution byproducts.

We shouldn't measure how well the kingdom is doing by the gloss of the marbles at the king's court.