Which state became the country of 2019?

The British magazine The Economist annually identifies a country that has advanced in democratic transformation.

The leader became "less despotic" Uzbekistan. In 2018, the country of the year became Armenia.

Three years ago, Uzbekistan was an old-fashioned post-Soviet dictatorship, a closed society with exceptional cruelty and incompetence.

According to experts, since 2018, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev initiated reforms that could accelerate the development of the country.

In Uzbekistan, forced labor has largely stopped, foreign journalists have been allowed to work, border crossings have been opened and the harsh Jaslyk prison has been eliminated. The magazine believes that "no other country has come this far."

In 2019, the state of the year could also be New Zealand, North Macedonia, Sudan. The first was noted for the actions of the government after the attacks on mosques in Christchurch, the second for the change of name and concessions to Greece, the third for the overthrow of the dictatorship of President Omar al-Bashir.

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