A C D I think might be wrong tho
I think it was China and North Korea
British aristocracy had a lot of money but in general they weren't allowed to do any work. They would have to devote to things like art or or philosophy or such things. They used the money to invest into businesses and participate in such a way that was allowed for them by the society. They helped develop numerous new innovations with their money.
Answer: Yes. We were better over time but we became a poor country until people from all over the world started coming to seek a free country with a right of free religion. Then by the 1800's the US was becoming one of the richer country's across the world.
