Australia |
Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. Australia is a highly developed country, with the world's twelfth-largest economy. It has a high-income economy, with the world's tenth-highest per capita income. Australia is a regional power, and has the world's thirteenth-highest military expenditure. The most important economic and cultural centres of Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Australia ranks highly in quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties, and political rights. It is a member of the United Nations, the G20, the Commonwealth of Nations, the ANZUS, the OECD, the WTO, the APEC, the Pacific Islands Forum, and the ASEAN + 6 mechanism. |