Since this blog intended at first to be mostly about Vietnam, and since there has been precious little about Vietnam in it, I think I will try to correct that a little now.
Vietnam is a free independent republic that tries and generally has good relations with everyone. There aren't too many countries around like that. It is mainly socialist, but with an active private market and has shown remarkable growth and prosperity over the last few years, so that living standards and other standards, such as education, health, transport, and so on, have improved markedly.
The biggest difference between Vietnam and most Western states is that it is a single-party state, with only one political party. Over time this has evolved more and more into a meritocracy, where party membership goes to the educated and those who served well in the military, as well as those willing to do the extra work required.
I personally think this is the closest one can reasonably get to Plato's concept of the ideal state, although the selection is not made in childhood but from among adults. Government decisions then follow, largely through consensus building.
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