Myanmar: "Country of the Year 2015"

"Five years ago it was a larcenous dictatorship where even pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader, were banned from newspapers. In November Miss Suu Kyi’s party won 77 per cent of the vote. The army, which retains huge privileges, appears ready to share power. It could still go wrong. (Myanmar still treats the Rohingya and other minorities disgracefully.) But the country’s transition to something resembling democracy has come faster than anyone dared expect," the magazine said.

Several countries have been included in the article published in the December 19 edition, including Russia (for grabbing the most headlines); as well as the United States and China for legal changes which should make the world a better place.