My title became too much of a clown car, so I had to remove the country. (I didn't dream that it wasn't in the article!)
That was Russia.
"the #1 nation" depends so much on metric.
Norway leads the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
Switzerland leads the https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freedom-i...
Australia leads the US in the US's own "best country" ranking https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings
My title became too much of a clown car, so I had to remove the country. (I didn't dream that it wasn't in the article!)