Was there ever a country in which life for the average civilian

>>2161986
Germany post-war.

>>2161998
So After all, Germany won domination of Europe by loosing two world wars?

>>2162012
Of course. By losing the Second they allowed the Soviet Union to rise to become a great power, which then forced the U.S to rebuild Germany to be wealthier than it ever was before. Now Germany is de facto the most powerful nation in Europe. Obama has spent all of this year crowing on about how Germany is now America's strongest European ally.

>>2161986
post-war Japan

>>2161986
Well carthaginian Hispania fared better under the romans, who promoted trade even further, developed in the interior and squashed the natives.
I think that counts, the carthaginians were right about the same level of civilization as Rome after all.
You could also make the same case for a good few places in northern Africa and the middle east. For every Cilicia there was a Cyrenaica really.

post 1453 Anatolia.

>>2161986
You could make an argument for people in the land conquered from the Ottomans in the Balkan wars.

>>2161986

Vichy France

>>2162012
>If you kill your enemies, you lose.
--ancient Canadian proverb

Germany after the 30 years war.

>>2161986
Honestly alot of place.
Greece post rome was much more peaceful.
Scotland was much richer as a part of UK.
Tibet and China honestly

>>2161986
Unironically the Spanish colonies.

Norman rule over Anglo-Saxon Britain?

>>2161986
The portions of Mexico that the Americans conquered.

>>2161986
Japan

Richard the Lionheart ended feudalism right? That had to have been good for the average person.

>>2161986
Tibet and China by far.

Also the USA and Hawaii/Puerto Rico/northern Mexico.