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To speak about values that people have in countries, you need the appropriate vocabulary.
Obligatory - expected because it usually happens;
To designate - to say officially that a place or thing has a particular character or purpose;
To account for - to form the total of something;
Equal - the same in importance and deserving the same treatment;
Fortune - a large amount of money, goods, property, etc;
Overall - in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group or situation;
Failure - the fact of someone or something not succeeding;
Incapable - unable to do something;
Self-improvement - the activity of learning new things on your own that make you a more skilled or able person;
To attract - (of people, things, places, etc.) to pull or draw someone or something towards them, by the qualities they have, especially good ones;
Humour - the ability to find things funny, the way in which people see that some things are funny, or the quality of being funny;
Counterbalance - to have an equal but opposite effect on something so that it does not have too much of a particular characteristic;
Whir - (especially of machines) to make a low, soft, continuous sound;
Snarl - (especially of dogs) to make a deep, rough sound while showing the teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say something angrily and forcefully.
Examples:
This area of the park has been specially designated for children.
You can make a fortune out of junk if you call it antiques.
The overall situation is good, despite a few minor problems.
He seems incapable of walking past a music shop without going in and buying another CD.
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