[batushka3]

Couter example would be Republic of Rhodesia - from the breadbasket of Africa to a meme with zeros not fiting on the bill of Zimbabwean dollar.

[lotsofpulp]

Is that a counter example? I thought a counter example would refute the notion that 50 years is not a sufficiently long time frame for considerable change to occur.

[kelipso]

There is not point in even discussing counter examples, since they don't make sense it this context. You just need to show that an example exists.