The two countries that I am going to compare are Monaco and Chad. Monaco is one of the countries at the top of International Living’s 2011 Quality of Life Index, at the 5th position. There are many things that makes Monaco a greater place to live in compared to Chad. One of the reasons why it is such a great place to live is because of the safety in Monaco. Monaco has a very low crime rate, with a rate for rape at 0 percent, a rate for burglary at 0 percent and murder at 3.33 percent. This means that Monacans don’t live in a climate of fear, they feel safe, and thus can enjoy life without having to worry about poverty-stricken people forced to crime stabbing them for their money. Monaco is also known to have a great health system. Monaco has a a free health-care system, with a 0.98 Health Index score that indicates very high human development. Monacan residents also have a life expectancy of 90 years old. This means that Monacans don’t have to worry about getting health-care or even paying for it, they know that it is available and available for free. They can live freely without having to worry about not getting medical attention, which is a stark contrast to many other people in both first and third world nations. In Monaco, human rights are respected and upheld by their government. For example, there have been no reports of any politically motivated disappearances and killings in Monaco, and there are freedoms of speech, press, internet freedom, cultural events, academic freedom, religion and equality. In Monaco, your rights as a human are protected, you are made to feel equal with all the other members of Monaco’s population. Chad is a much more worse place to live in compared to Monaco. Unlike Monaco, Chad has a terrible health care system. Chad has 3 doctors, 15 nurses and 2 midwives per 100,000, and there are 12.4 million people that make up the population of Chad. residents of Chad also have a life expectancy of 47 years, a little bit more than half of the life expectancy of Monacan residents. This means that people who live in Chad are always living in a state of fear of not being able to get medicine or any medical attention, they know that if they ever get a serious or even a minor ailment, chances are high that they won’t get the care they need and become part of the statistics that label Chad as a terrible place to live. Chad also is notoriously known to disregard people’s human rights. For example, many children are taken away to become child soldiers in Chadian military forces, women are constantly being abused and rape, and extrajudicial killings and torture are common place in Chad. What needs to happen in Chad in order for it to become a better place to live in is reform in their government. They need to create laws that protects human rights, and actually have a government that upholds these laws. Chad will remain a terrible place to live in as long as they are being lead by a terrible government that doesn’t care about their people, and don’t want to protect them. The people of Chad will continue to live in a state of fear, not just of war-crazed militants, pandemics and desperate men and women, but also the of very same government that they would think would protect them.