There is one country, that has more military might, than any other nation or even of all nations, combined; of which that might has been utilized to stop the demagogues of fascism, and to topple regimes of oppression and hate. Yet, this mighty power, has also interfered again and again in the sovereignty of other nations, and has placed its military bases and means of operation of such all over the world, without really taking into consideration, the inherent rights of those other nations. Further, it sells armaments of incredible destruction throughout most of the world, all in the name of blood profit, terrorism of all types, and in service to dictatorial regimes.
So too, within this nation, is a written Constitution, dividing the powers that govern it on behalf of the people, into three separate branches, of which no one branch is all powerful; yet, its unelected judicial branch, creates new law and destroys old law, simply depending upon its own partisan views. Whereas, its legislative branch, seems absolutely beholden to money so contributed, directly or indirectly to those office holders, and instead therefore of being the people's representatives, answer most readily to the hands that feed them. Then, the executive branch circumvents both the judicial and legislative branches, by issuing executive orders that bastardizes Constitutional law, so that the executive can behave in a manner consistent to that of a monarchy.
While its institutions of higher learning are amongst the greatest of any on the entire planet, and well respected for its curriculum and professors, the students so attending, do so at a high monetary cost, though such a cost is easy to bear for those with a great deal of familial financial money, as well as those few that are gifted with free scholarships. Those, on the other hand, that cannot afford such or are not accepted to attend such, must find other colleges, of which the financial responsibility of those attending these, are place onto those young students' hands, without any real guarantee that their education received, will merit the cost.
As for its healthcare, it is all really a complete mess, of which, many of its hospitals and well-nigh all of its pharmaceutical companies are permitted to make a profit off of the ill health of its patients. There is very little transparency in this industry, and despite the state-of-the-art equipment, as well as all of the monies so spent by insurance companies and by patients, the health of the nation in aggregate is disappointingly rather poor.
Additionally, there are a very few people that own an incredible amount of monetary assets, of which these few, have all sorts of extra homes, extra cars, and extra this or that, while barely ever using any of them, of which, though the country has a progressive tax system, as well as an estate tax law, the superrich don't seem to pay much of anything, for the legislature law is bent by the attorneys that are well paid by the superrich, so as to protect and to augment their worth.
So too, despite all the wealth of this dominant nation, there is an underclass living in poverty, of lives that often involve harassment, incarceration, indebtedness, hopelessness, poor health, ill education, and despair. None of this seems to matter to this powerful nation, which claims that it is great, perhaps the greatest of them all, but the reality is that though there is greatness within her, and though its Constitutional structure is great, it is behind the façade, corrupt to the core, and built not to last, but rather to collapse, for it is blind, and knows nothing of what really matters, for it fears to open wide that enlightening door.