The Arrogance of Seclusion

On this Earth, the country with the longest average lifespan was not any known great power or military superpower. It was Wakanda, in eastern Africa, a place everyone on Earth considered backward. For centuries, it had remained isolated from the world. On the surface, it was a poor, backward agricultural nation; in reality, it was the most technologically advanced country on Earth. Wakanda's most extraordinary resource was Vibranium, worth ten thousand dollars per gram.