The term 'First World' now refers to nations with advanced economies and high living standards. This list ranks countries based on UN Human Development and Quality of Life indices. The top nations for ...

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High GDP and diversified economies mark first-world countries. First-world countries rank high on UN's Human Development Index. Label "first world" has evolved due to its problematic connotations.

It’s one of the best-known stories about the First World War: the Christmas truce of 1914, when soldiers from both sides spontaneously laid down their guns and, for a few hours at least, acted as if ...

As one entry on Urban Dictionary reads, First World Problems are the “problems [of] living in a wealthy, industrialized nation that third worlders would probably roll their eyes at.” Woe is we. First, ...