[fransje26]

> And I was in Serbia lately [..]

With OP postulating that it is to enable corruption, and a sub-reply affirming that it is therefore the trait of a country in decay, bringing in Serbia as a counter-example is hilarious.

Serbia ranks 116th in the corruption perception index, Germany 10th. (Lower is better)

[inigyou]

Corruption perception lags actual corruption. Countries that are becoming more corrupt are perceived as less corrupt. Countries that are becoming less corrupt are perceived as more corrupt.

[master-lincoln]

yeah, but decaying means something gets worse. Maybe corruption is getting less in Serbia despite still being bad?

[flossly]

I was replying to the word "decay", not to the corruption situation. Probably they are related, but certainly not the same.