
Canada has always been considered to be one of the the greatest countries on earth and as it turns out, we're even better than we thought.
But what makes a great country?
USNews.com believes the secret is having the right combination of people, policies and history.
Those who were polled were asked to rank countries on 65 different aspects that were grouped according to theme.
These included Cultural Influence, Entrepreneurship, Heritage, Power and Quality of Life.
When it was all said and done, Canada managed to take the #2 spot on the list.
Here's are of the top 15 countries:
1. Germany
GDP: $3.7 trillion
Population: 80.9 million
2. Canada
GDP: $1.8 trillion
Population: 36.1 million
3. United Kingdom
GDP: $2.7 trillion
Population: 64.5 million
4. United States
GDP: $16.8 trillion
Population: 318.9 million
5. Sweden
GDP: $580.0 billion
Population: 9.7 million
6. Australia
GDP: $1.6 trillion
Population: 23.5 million
7. Japan
GDP: $4.9 trillion
Population: 127.1 million
8. France
GDP: $2.8 trillion
Population: 66.2 million
9. Netherlands
GDP: $854.0 billion
Population: 16.9 million
10. Denmark
GDP: $336.0 billion
Population: 5.6 million
11. New Zealand
GDP: $186.0 billion
Population: 4.5 million
12. Austria
GDP: $428.0 billion
Population: 8.5 million
13. Italy
GDP: $2.1 trillion
Population: 61.3 million
14. Luxembourg
GDP: $60.1 billion
Population: 556.1 thousand
15. Singapore
GDP: $298.0 billion
Population: 5.5 million