keeping up

From Aeteoroa a person easily can conclude that most people who claim, usually unsolicited, the United States as the world's greatest country probably haven't visited this land of meat pies, relentless scenery and human kiwis.  In fact while Earth most certainly is the greatest planet in the known solar system, I often wonder why it is important to some Americans to say the land they occupy has won this nonexistent contest.  Isn't "Greatest Damn Planet" good enough for them?   I also wonder if they would claim it wherever they lived: Iraq, Israel, Texas is the greatest country in the world.  And yes, I still wonder whether Goofy is a dog or a planet.