Depends what "worked" means. Is your country that much richer, e.g., higher GDP per head than most countries? By some other measures? Different societies might

Depends what "worked" means. Is your country that much richer, e.g., higher GDP per head than most countries? By some other measures? Different societies might chose different objective functions and then comparing what works is tricky. Especially, if being around in a certain cultural form isn't a strong part of the objective.