# Lessons from the world

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/lessons/
Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com)

- [Singapore (1965): a new system that brought prosperity](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/singapore.md): Singapore (1965) built a system with no predecessor and became prosperous by riding a wave the world already backed.
- [UAE federation (1971): a new system that brought prosperity](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/uae-federation.md): UAE federation (1971) built a system with no predecessor and became prosperous by riding a wave the world already backed.
- [Dubai (1985 to 2004): a new system that brought prosperity](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/dubai.md): From 1985 Dubai built something new: free zones with their own rules, where foreign companies could own 100% of their business, pay little or no tax and…
- [Rwanda (1994): a new system that brought prosperity](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/rwanda.md): Rwanda (1994) built a system with no predecessor and became prosperous by riding a wave the world already backed.
- [Estonia (1991): a new system that brought prosperity](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/estonia.md): After independence in 1991, Estonia built a government that runs almost entirely online: one digital ID for every person and one secure link, X-Road, that…
- [Botswana (1966): a new system that brought prosperity](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/botswana.md): Botswana (1966) built a system with no predecessor and became prosperous by riding a wave the world already backed.
- [Shenzhen (1980): a new system that brought prosperity](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/shenzhen.md): On 26 August 1980 China made Shenzhen, a farming area next to Hong Kong, its first Special Economic Zone, allowed to write its own market rules inside a…
- [Medina under the Prophet (peace be upon him), 622](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/medina-under-the-prophet-622.md): Soon after the Hijrah in 622, the Prophet (peace be upon him) turned Medina, a city of rival clans, into one community under one written agreement.
- [Umar ibn al-Khattab, 634 to 644](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/umar-ibn-al-khattab-634-to-644.md): How Umar ibn al-Khattab, 634 to 644 stood up working government on day one: what was in place, what was new, and the lesson it holds.
- [Mu'awiya, Umayyad state from 661](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/mu-awiya-umayyad-state-from-661.md): From 661 Mu'awiya ran a fast-growing state from Damascus by keeping the skilled officials who already ran Syria and putting them to work for the new state.
- [Mehmet II, Ottoman state after 1453](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/mehmet-ii-ottoman-state-after-1453.md): After taking Constantinople in 1453, Mehmet II rebuilt it as Istanbul and turned a frontier state into a central government run by salaried officials loyal…
- [Dutch Republic, 1579 to 1648](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/dutch-republic-1579-to-1648.md): In 1579 seven provinces in the Low Countries joined in the Union of Utrecht, then declared independence from Spain in 1581.
- [United States, 1789](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/united-states-1789.md): How United States, 1789 stood up working government on day one: what was in place, what was new, and the lesson it holds.
- [Meiji Japan, 1868](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/meiji-japan-1868.md): How Meiji Japan, 1868 stood up working government on day one: what was in place, what was new, and the lesson it holds.
- [Finland 1917 and Ireland 1922](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/finland-1917-and-ireland-1922.md): How Finland 1917 and Ireland 1922 stood up working government on day one: what was in place, what was new, and the lesson it holds.
- [Israel, 1948](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/israel-1948.md): Israel's government existed before the state did. Elected pre-state bodies, backed by Jews abroad, ran schools, welfare and defence for decades, and on 14…
- [South Korea 1948 and Taiwan 1949](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/south-korea-1948-and-taiwan-1949.md): South Korea (1948) and Taiwan (1949) both started poor and damaged by war. Both gave farmland to the people who farmed it, put children in school, then…
- [Malaysia, 1957](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/malaysia-1957.md): Malaya became independent on 31 August 1957 as a federation of states that kept their traditional rulers.
- [Somalia today](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/somalia-today.md): Where Somalia stands today on the building blocks of a state: the constitution, the treasury, justice and ID.
- [Tailwinds: digital ID, mobile money, data exchange and AI](https://calankii.com/en/lessons/digital-id-mobile-money-and-ai.md): Digital ID, phone payments, linked government databases and AI let a small team do work that once needed thousands of clerks.