”țara lui Papură-Vodă”
English translation: Wild Wild East
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|  Selected response from: IoanaMiruna Romania Local time: 22:49 | ||||||
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| 3 +9 | Wild Wild East |
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| 4 +2 | no man's land |
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| 3 +1 | banana republic |
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24 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1banana republic Explanation: Ar fi asemănător conceptul: Banana republic is a pejorative term for a country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture (e.g. bananas), and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy, and corrupt clique.[1] It is most commonly used for countries in Central America such as El Salvador, Belize, Grenada, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala.[citation needed] In some cases, these nations have kept the government structures that were modeled after the colonial Spanish ruling clique, with a small, largely leisure class on the top, and a large, poorly educated and poorly paid working class of peons, though it might have the (fake) trappings of modernity (such as styling itself a republic with a president etc.)[citation needed] Frequently the subject of mockery and humor, and usually presided over by a dictatorial military junta that exaggerates its own power and importance—"the epaulettes of a banana republic generalissimo" are proverbially of considerable size, usually portrayed in satire with a pair of mops—a banana republic also typically has large wealth inequities, poor infrastructure, poor schools, a "backward" economy, low capital spending, a reliance on foreign capital and money printing, budget deficits, and a weakening currency. Banana republics are typically also highly prone to revolutions and coups.[citation needed] Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic |
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35 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2no man's land Explanation: an idea |
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40 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +9
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