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Being a country that is very advanced, Germany's best statistic or attribute is the average life expectancy, which is a very impressive age. I predict that Germany will be in the top 10 of the gender gap index because they have a woman leader and pretty equal pay. Not to my surprise, Germany is ranked 10 on the global gender gap index.

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Being a more developed country, The United States' best statistic is the average amount of schooling, which is about 16 years. I believe that the United States' ranking will be within the top 15 countries on the gender gap index because of strong women's rights movements and a female vice president. Globally, the United States is ranked 53 which is very surprising to me.

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As a more developed country, Cuba's best attribute or statistic is the average years of schooling, which is roughly 14 years. As a country with a very high literacy rate, it is no surprise this is Cuba's best statistic. I predict that Cuba will be fairly high (top 45) as far as the gender gap index. This is because of decreasing wage gaps throughout the country and high education rates for both genders. Cuba happens to be 31 on the global scale of the gender gap index, which seems very fair to me.

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South Korea is without a doubt a more developed country, or MDC. South Korea's strongest attribute, or best statistic is its life expectancy, which comes in at a very solid 83 years. This statistic in particular contributes to South Korea's status as a developed country because of wisdom being past down and a strong presence of older generations in South Korean society. If I were to guess where South Korea was ranked globally in the gender gap index I would guess pretty, low; in the 90's most likely. South Korea doesn't have the worst gender discrimination, but Korean society seems to favor stay at home moms  and a working father quite adamantly. I was a little off, and ultimately South Korea is ranked 108 in the global gender gap index.

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Seoul City clamping down on gender-based wage gap

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When the "western" world is described, the United States fits all of the descriptions. Rostow when describing countries in stage 5 of the development model claimed that these countries flourish in a capitalist state and is characterized by mass production and consumerism. Therefore, I would put the United States in stage 5 of the development model. In conclusion, the United States is considered to be in stage 5 of Rostow's development model.

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South Korea's economy which revolves around the industry of electronics and technology is what many consider to be "flourishing". I would put South Korea in stage 5 of Rostow's model because of this, and because of what seems to be high human development. As it turns out, South Korea does have quite high human development and is considered to be in stage 5 of Rostow's development model.

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After everything I have learned about Cuba, I believe that they are in stage 4 of Rostow's development model. Rostow described stage 4 (Drive to maturity) as a long stage that use of technology and standards of living both steadily increase. As predicted, Cuba is in stage 4 of Rostow's development model (High human development.)

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Germany is a very desirable place to live with thriving industries and subsequently a pretty well off economy. Based on these observations my prediction is that Germany is in stage 5 of Rostow's development model (age of mass consumption). The reason I make this prediction is because of Germany's flourishing economy, which Rostow included as a major detail describing any country in stage 5. After research, it turns out that I was also correct on Germany's position on Rostow's stage of development, and Germany is classified as having very high human development.

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Because of all of the beautiful nature and access to trees, Maine is known for their successful lumber industry. The lumber industry is one that is bulk reducing, as the final product, apper, is very light in comparison to the trees. Maine's lumber businesses will want to be near to their resources as shipping paper is not especially expensive.

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In the technologically advanced country of South Korea, the electronics manufacturing industry is quite big. This industry is definitely a bulk gaining one. As a result, South Korean electronics manufacturers would much rather be closer to their customers than be closer to their resources. This is because electronics are expensive to ship long distances.

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When Germany comes to mind, many may think of the very prominent vehicle industry. Leading brands that claim Germany as their homeland include Audi, BMW, and Volkswagen. The vehicle industry is a bulk-gaining one because of the heavy final product that could be a car, truck, or van. Because vehicles are quite heavy, the manufacturers in Germany would much rather be closer to consumers than resources because of hefty transportation costs.

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Cuba has a very strong petroleum industry which is very valuable as far as trade with neighboring countries such as Venezuela. The petroleum industry is most certainly a bulk-reducing industry, taking the process of refinery into consideration. Taking this into account, petroleum plants should be closer to resources, because the transport of petroleum resources costs more on average than the transport of the final product.