> Lot less developed than Taiwan, Korea, Japan (which are basically first world countries at this point) sigh. those aren't "basically" first world countries,

> Lot less developed than Taiwan, Korea, Japan (which are basically first world countries at this point) sigh. those aren't "basically" first world countries, they are first world countries by definition. either the old definition, or the new definition. in fact they invented the term to describe countries like tw, kr, and jp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World