Half the Venezuelan economy has disappeared

[palou]

Pemalite said:

palou said:

(which is necessary, as Venezuela is not exactly self-sufficient. No country really is, these days, although the us comes closest.)

Citation needed.
Australia produces more food than it consumes.

We also have a ton of resources to be energy and resource self-sufficient (Which we also export to the USA), tons of Uranium and Coal, Iron Ore coming out of our Posteriors... Oil and Gas? Sure do.
Plus... We have the advantage of a smaller population to reduce the strain on all of the resources on this continent.

However... Despite that we will still import food and resources if it's cheaper, that doesn't mean we are reliant on those countries... It just makes us financially prudent.

Economically self-sufficient, I mine. Sure, you could survive alone. Would you be able to sustain an economy anywhere close to what you currently hold? No, certainly not. The majority of the value of consumer products purchased in Australia (phones, cars, clothes, etc...) are foreign (as is the case everywhere), and Australia certainly does *not* have the capacity to sustain that within its borders, either.

Looking through the data, yeah... US isn't either. Closer, though. Mostly just by being bigger, lol.