答案和解析来啦：
Most of what we call “politics” really revolves around the question of what you need to do to make a country richer.
所谓“政治”大部分都围绕着一个问题，即采取什么措施才能让国家更富裕。
Rather than ask this of any specific country, let’s imagine designing a country from scratch.
与其讨论任何一个具体国家的政治，不如从零开始，我们一起虚构一个国家。
How could you make it as rich as possible?
怎样才能让它尽可能的富有呢？
Suppose the brief was to design “Richland”: an ideal wealth-creating society.
假设这个虚构的国家叫做“里奇兰”：一个创造财富的理想社会。
What would be the chief characteristics you need to build into this society?
你要为这个社会打造的最主要的特征是什么呢？
What would a nation look like that was ideally suited to success in modern capitalism?
与现代资本主义的成功完美契合的国家是什么样的呢？
Traditional economics guides to eight core requirements for Richland:
传统经济学为里奇兰提供了八个核心要求：
military security and law in order,
军事安全保障和有序的法律、
lack of corruption in institutions,
廉洁的政府、
low amounts of red tape around employment, legislation and taxation,
简洁的就业、立法和税收等行政程序、
a technically well-educated, mobile, flexible labour-force,
技术上受过良好教育、流动灵活的劳动力、
a high-grade infrastructure and good telecommunications,
优质的基础设施、良好的电讯通讯、
fair, transparent, and competitive markets,
公平、透明且具有竞争力的市场、
reliably enforceable contracts,
具有效力的合同、
and low corporation tax (probably between ten and fifteen percent).
较低的企业税率（约10%至15%）。
But aside from these eight factors, there is one thing that invariably makes a critical difference to the wealth of societies: what we might call ‘cultural factors’.
除了以上八个因素，还有一个因素会对社会财富有着至关重要的影响：我们称之为“文化因素”。
解析在这里哦！
1. from scratch，表示“从零开始”，比如：Building a home from scratch can be both exciting and challenging. （白手起家既激动人心又具有挑战性。）
2. capitalism，名词，“资本主义”，比如：the two fundamentally opposed social systems, capitalism and socialism（两种根本对立的社会制度，资本主义与社会主义）。
3. corruption，名词，表示“腐败”，比如：The president faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion. （总统面临着54项腐败和逃税的指控。）
4. infrastructure，名词，表示“基础设施”，比如：improvements in the country’s infrastructure（国家基础设施的改善）。
5. enforceable，形容词，表示“（法律或协议）可实施的”，比如：the creation of legally enforceable contracts（签订具有法律效力的合同）。
