Germany's simply amazing imho.
The Roman Empire and the destruction of Rome's Empire were both Empiric thrusts from the Germanic people.
I'm amazed by how long it took Germany to reintegrate East Germany, rebuild the infrastructure and begin to make a GDP growth that has now translated to a revitalized country that has a serious command of the EU and China needs to start making use of its education system for training and exporting workforce to fill predetermined niches.
China is seriously choosing an eye outside of the wall. The contractual obligations requiring exporting of Chinese workforce to Canada has begun as well. Ten and twenty year contracts are common and there's some civilian outcry. (they took our jobs)