46. Chile
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- Adventure #24
- Citizenship #34
- Cultural Influence #46
- Entrepreneurship #49
- Heritage #36
- Movers #43
- Open for Business #34
- Power #64
- Quality of Life #41
How It Ranks
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Chile is the long, narrow country that takes up most of the length of South America’s western coastline. From top to bottom, it covers 2,700 miles, with the widest point being 150 miles! Here you’ll find the world’s largest swimming pool, the driest place on Earth, world-class wine, active volcanoes and five UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Among these sites is Easter Island, the mysterious island filled with about 900 moai statues weighing about 14 tons each! So, where did they come from, and how did they get there? It’s still a mystery.
Like Peru to the north, Chile ranks low in terms of entrepreneurship and power but is strongly tied to its heritage and is good to its citizens.