clipperton

Stable how? I can see mainland China being stable through its authoritarian government for the moment but the Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Uighur situations at the moment don't exactly scream "long term stability" to me.

What sort of cultural points might be missed on a non-Russian person reading Dostoevsky? I just finished Crime and Punishment a couple months back and am curious, if you have the time.

You seem to be painting a nice over-the-top caricature of all people who live in a rural area much in the same way you're claiming that they're making bad stereotypes about those who live in the city. As someone who still lives in a rural area I can say that I've never participated/been familiar with those that participate in mass garbage burning, dumping cars/tires into the woods, etc.