Judy, all bogarting the hot British woman. Have you no compassion for your fellows?
The American President has a 19% approval rate. The economy is pretty bad (as far as I understand it). Most of the world sees it is a cause/scapegoat for a lot of problems. Despite this and myriad other negatives (though with lots of great stuff too), I don't think it is unfair to say most Americans wouldn't hesitate in proclaiming America the greatest country on Earth.
And it is the same for many countries.
But.
If Britain's streets were made of chocolate, people would complain about the flavour. If it was permanently glorious weather, people would complain about having to buy sunglasses. If we had a free, universal health care system and a series of safety nets for the poverty stricken, people would complain about.. oh, wait we do! Great! But PEOPLE STILL fuck*ng COMPLAIN.
Er, in short, despite our efforts to the contrary we are very negative and are always in possession of a self-deprecating, pessimistic mood regarding our own country. But you already knew that.
For every elegant English Rose there is a chain-smoking binge-drinking slag. Mostly within the same person.