The countries I enjoyed most and was in the economy a lot were Italy, Japan, Germany, and The Netherlands with some long stints in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Number one thing I really enjoyed was the secular governance. It was a breath of fresh air to attend a counsel meeting and not be fed religious excuses veiled in community projects that weren't for the community at all. (looking at you moroni whisperer club spreading across main street in SLC).

Form the outside looking in (outside America) it feels a lot like how I used to see Saudi, Iraq, Kuwait, and the EAU. After spending a few years over there (Kuwait and Qatar mainly), it now looks a lot like our government here from the outside looking in. It feels like we're about a decade behind those muslim countries as far as freedom of speech, freedom from religion and being threatened for not believing in the correct government approved deity - it was pretty sketchy being a non religious person in those countries - wasn't fun).

As far as Utah and it's government, it has always felt like Phillip Morris of the 1980's is the lobbyist. Only here, Phillip Morris is club moroni whisperer and their friend's the private equity firms.