Rapid Development

[Lithray]

How would one go about rapidly developing a country to an industrialized civilization standard of life? (Think Spain had post 1940-70's tech when it reached Brazil.) I have ideas but am curious as to what you guys think.

[Drydic]

How would one go about rapidly developing a country to an industrialized civilization standard of life?

I'd love to answer but I have no idea what

(Think Spain had post 1940-70's tech when it reached Brazil.)

is supposed to mean.

[hwhatting]

I'd love to answer but I have no idea what

(Think Spain had post 1940-70's tech when it reached Brazil.)

is supposed to mean.

My attempt at decoding: He means a scenario where e.g. Spain would have developed so fast (presumably starting in Antiquity or the early Middle Ages) that it would have been at 20th century tech levels when the age of discoveries started. (And I assume that Lithray is posting from a parallel universe where the Spanish discovered Brazil).

[Abi]

"Until the 20th century, Iceland was among the poorest countries in Western Europe. Currently, it remains one of the most developed countries in the world."

[Lithray]

Thank you hwatting; that is exactly what I meant.

As far as I can tell, there would be seven primary components that would need to be implemented. Those are communication, healthcare, housing, power, production, transportation, and waste management.

• phone/internet
  hospitals
  homes
  electric grid
  electric production
  manufacturing
  mining
  farming
  roads
  trains
  airports
  sea ports
  landfills
  recycling
  sewage
  compost
  collection

Finding out what resources are available would be the first priority.

[patiku]

Well if we're to take Iceland as an example the necessary preconditions for those things would be for someone somewhere else to invent them.