The Spinning of The World

I am so pleased to be able to report that The World is reviving.

A collection of islands, strategically placed in the waters off Dubai, this development can be seen from space - a bit like China's Great Wall, I understand.

 Reflecting the activity of the real thing - aka, the world, without capitals (as in not upper case, that is - obviously the real world has many capitals), The World took a serious nosedive in 2008 when no developer could see any point in proceeding, let alone any profit. Stillborn.

Now, as the world is slowly nosing itself out of the doldrums - that's if you're 'on message' - then The World is seeing its re-birth, its resurrection.

Lebanon is completely up and running. A loose collection of islands referred to as the Heart of Europe is shortly to be developed. 

So The World recovery is not sticking to the script of the world recovery in its entirety, it would seem. Where's Brazil? India? China? - the booming economies comparatively untouched by the western meltdown. Or even USA, whose government figures purport to show a fledgling recovery as long as normal rules of Economics are not applied.

The Heart of Europe development is projected to include Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Sweden and St Petersburg - the latter, never to my knowledge being a country in its own right - but plenty to go at culturally, perhaps. Interesting choice of initial countries. Very steady.

Does Dubai do 'steady'? 

Glitz and glamour and self indulgence do not immediately spring to mind when considering Germany, even before The Age of Austerity and before the Germans had to pick up a vast proportion of the tab for bailing out their more glamorous, indebted partners in the EU.

Switzerland has mountains, cuckoo clocks, The Sound of Music and yodelling. Oh, and Roger Federer. Again, admirable (mostly), but not glamorous. 

The Netherlands......well, not sure whether the Dutch somewhat laissez-faire approach is a good fit with the Middle East.

And so on......

So, we're left with the culture of each country which is, of course, not to be overlooked - but it might well be here.

So. How should each island be developed? I daren't make any suggestions in this medium, but I shall amuse myself by allowing my mind to run riot.

But I do so hope The World is a success as it comes around again.