Archives for January 20th, 2005

Slovenia’s triangle demonstrates 4 simultaneous 24 hour days within a single rotation of Earth AND that Slovenia is #1 in the 2004 Wealth of Nations Triangle Index.

I’m grateful to Robert of the Maltese blog Wired Temples for pointing out that Slovenia took first place in the 2004 Wealth of Nations Triangle Index. The index is compiled by the Boston-based WorldPaper, of which I know very little. (Actually nothing, but their "about" page is here if you’re curious.)

According to this, their index is calculated by measuring:

"…a nation’s wealth as a balance among three legs of a
triangle, one each for Economic Environment, Information-Exchange
Environment, and Social Environment. Each leg is composed of 21 equally
weighted variables, with data collected in 2002 or 2003 from a number
of internationally respected sources (see Sources). The more balance,
the better the chances for sustained long-term development."

The triangle, which somehow reminds me of the Time Cube, allows for a maximum score of 2400; or 800 per category. You can see that Slovenia did the best in the social category, followed by information and economy. Despite being number one, it still scored 141 points below the average "developed country." (See the bottom of this page.)

Nicholas Sullivan gives a brief summary of this year’s results here, while Dušan Snoj (editor of Gospodarski Vestnik) provides a look at Slovenia’s "rise to number one" here.

(Thanks Robert!)