Philippines, Japan (good luck immigrating), India, Malaysia, stretching the definition a lot, Australia. Depends if you are evaluating macro trends over past and future six months or sixty years, and how you prioritize your macro trends, for example Malaysian culture is very nice to visit but I'd be willing to trade a lot of $$$ to live in Japan rather than Malaysia, although your prioritization may greatly vary (and so might mine, after experience)
It is not, for instance, my impression that the middle class in Japan is better off, trendswise, than the middle class in the US. Japan has the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the world, and faces a demographic crisis to boot.
That's why I was wondering which specific countries/locales 'enraged_camel was talking about, because you can look at that company and make factual comparisons.
