I have a feeling we're going to get a wide range of countries depending on whether a particular poster has had a good experience there. Based on where I've been helped the most I'd list Italy, Mauritania and Mali, but in all three countries help was obtained under particular circumstances.
The USA is probably where I've found the friendliest people (out of the big cities anyway) and I'm sure that's partly because I speak something close to American. China I found pretty indifferent but at least it had the plus point that the big city hustlers were not very persistent (unlike Morocco). My son, on the other hand, worked there for a year and loves the place, but then he speaks Mandarin.
For me Japan rates down at the other end of the scale. I found the people stand-offish and difficult to talk to. When we had a transport problem we were met with complete indifference, with a couple of people going out of their way to be obstructive. Of such things are prejudices made!
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