In countries that are typically less developed, they have lower g d p. It's less likely that some one will give you one answer for their personal life and an entirely different answer for how things are going in their country. But then i'm also thinking about when you live in a country where nationalism is not as prominent, or maybe national media is not as large as it is in ours. The degree to which your own personal life and fortunes are intertwined with the state or the government or the community can be much smaller.