Singapore is a city, let's not pretend we can compare it with countries proper. If you compare it with affluent cities, it's great but not as great as the stats would say. And when it comes to governance, let's not forget that Singapore is a dictatorship.
A benevolent dictatorship is, while it lasts, arguably the ideal form of government. The problem is that they tend to descend into malevolent dictatorships given enough time.
A benevolent dictatorship isn’t a form of government: it is only a dictatorship, but with a leader that is somehow deemed less bad for his people than most dictatorships out there.
