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How can you refer to your country as a First World Nation if parts of your population still suffers from scurvy ... or the near conditions of scurvy?
I'm in Canada and I'm Indigenous Canadian and I laugh every time someone refers to this country as First World .... I have family who live in remote northern Indigenous communities with boil water advisories, no indoor running water, moldy houses and people living with families of 20 or more people in a two bedroom house.
Actually, what you describe is pretty typical for rural living in most first world nations.
Ruling classes don't care about peasants out in the country because it's easier to make more money off of city dwellers.