Favorite country starting with "Z"?

[Panda Express]

A - Australia
B - Belgium
C - Canada
D - Denmark
E - Estonia
F - Finland
G - Germany
H - Haiti
I - Italy
J - Japan
K - Kenya
L - Lebanon
M- Mexico
N - New Zealand
O - Oman
P - Poland
Q - Qatar
R - Romania
S - Sweden
T - Tunisia
U - United States of America
V- Venezuela
W -
X -
Y - Yemen

SA gets its first and only win. I don't expect today to have high vote totals but tomorrow will be the second round. How does the second round work in a contest like this? You'll just have to find out


# of winners by continent

Africa - 2
Asia - 4
Europe - 9
North America - 4
Oceania - 2
South America - 1

[TDAS04]

Zambia. 

[Mr. Smith]

Zambia.  

Past Votes

Austria
Belgium
Costa Rica
Denmark
Ethiopia
Finland
Germany
Haiti
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Liberia
Malaysia
New Zealand
Oman*
Philippines
Qatar*
Romania
Sweden
Tonga
USA
Venezuela
Yemen*

*Default winners

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

A - Argentina
B - Burkina Faso
C - Cuba
D - Dominican Republic
E - Ethiopia
F - France
G - Greece
H - Haiti
I - Ireland
J - Jamaica
K - Kazakhstan
L - Lebanon
M - Mexico
N - Nepal
O - Oman
P - Peru
Q - Qatar
R - Russia
S - Spain
T - Turkey
U - Uruguay
V - Venezuela
W -
X -
Y - Yemen
Z - Zimbabwe

[traininthedistance]

Argentina
Belgium
Czech Republic (though I might have gone Colombia or Costa Rica in hindsight)
Denmark
Ethiopia
France
Greece
Hungary
Italy
missed J (would have voted Jamaica)
Kenya
Lebanon
Mexico
New Zealand
Poland!
missed R as well (not sure how I would have voted, honestly)
Sweden
Tunisia
USA
Vietnam
Zambia (which I presume will win)

Got better at following the crowd as I went along.  Noteworthy runners-up include Brazil, Iceland, India, and Finland.  The competition for I was brutal.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Zambia.

[H. Ross Peron]

Zambia

[politicus]

There is a surprisingly high number of Zimbabwe votes given that there really isn't any reasons for voting Zimbabwe (unless you just love anti-Western dictators). Nature, culture, tolerance, human rights, economy, living standard, even education and health care. Zambia beats it southern neighbour on every parameter.

[ShamDam]

I voted Zimbabwe because its name is clearly superior.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

There is a surprisingly high number of Zimbabwe votes given that there really isn't any reasons for voting Zimbabwe (unless you just love anti-Western dictators). Nature, culture, tolerance, human rights, economy, living standard, even education and health care. Zambia beats it southern neighbour on every parameter.

Zambia is a Chinese economic satellite which turns a blind eye to quasi-slave labor conditions, FWIW.

[Antonio the Sixth]

There is a surprisingly high number of Zimbabwe votes given that there really isn't any reasons for voting Zimbabwe (unless you just love anti-Western dictators). Nature, culture, tolerance, human rights, economy, living standard, even education and health care. Zambia beats it southern neighbour on every parameter.

Zambia is a Chinese economic satellite which turns a blind eye to quasi-slave labor conditions, FWIW.

I'm sure the great workers of Zimbabwe Rhodesia enjoy far better conditions.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Oh Zimbabwe

[politicus]

There is a surprisingly high number of Zimbabwe votes given that there really isn't any reasons for voting Zimbabwe (unless you just love anti-Western dictators). Nature, culture, tolerance, human rights, economy, living standard, even education and health care. Zambia beats it southern neighbour on every parameter.

Zambia is a Chinese economic satellite which turns a blind eye to quasi-slave labor conditions, FWIW.

1) That is hyperbole.

2) Zimbabwe is a Chinese client politically as well as economically, so even if the above was true it would not change the balance.

3) Labour conditions are generally harsher in Zimbabwe and the Army runs actual slave labour operations in the diamond fields.

[H. Ross Peron]

There is a surprisingly high number of Zimbabwe votes given that there really isn't any reasons for voting Zimbabwe (unless you just love anti-Western dictators). Nature, culture, tolerance, human rights, economy, living standard, even education and health care. Zambia beats it southern neighbour on every parameter.

Zambia is a Chinese economic satellite which turns a blind eye to quasi-slave labor conditions, FWIW.

1) That is hyperbole.

2) Zimbabwe is a Chinese client politically as well as economically, so even if the above was true it would not change the balance.

3) Labour conditions are generally harsher in Zimbabwe and the Army runs actual slave labour operations in the diamond fields.

But muh anti-imperialism.

[Sumner 1868]

Zambia, because they do not charge $5 for every scream during childbirth.

By the way, the right-hand side of the Zimbabwean Broadcasting Company website opens each day by posting a quote from Mugabe. Today's quotation is about how he's not leaving power, and includes the line "I know our history more than you do."

http://www.zbc.co.zw/

[solarstorm]

Zambia, because it's not being tyrannized over by Robert Mugabe

[Sol]

Zimbabwe is more interesting to me.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I voted Zimbabwe for archaeological reasons.

[TNF]

Zimbabwe, although both are positively nightmarish.

[politicus]

Zimbabwe, although both are positively nightmarish.

Zambia is one of the better countries in Africa. Not a nightmare, unless you think all poor countries are nightmares.

[politicus]

Zimbabwe is more interesting to me.

Why?