I envision the Philippines. It has parts with great beauty...but they are often underdeveloped and difficult to get to. They have wonderful loving people as a whole but the few bad ones make everyone's life miserable. They value family and faith above all else but that can get in the way of progress when you hire someone related rather than the best. They have places that are advanced and rival (or exceed) that of Canada while other places are pure squallor.

Maybe its not the right vision, but I have to think of something :)