THE WORLD BANK AGREES WITH THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

The Heritage Foundation has regularly rated Hong Kong's economy as the freest in the world and that points out that democracy and free markets don't really have that much in common. 

Now, the World Bank has done an analysis of the best countries for business and Hong Kong is near the top.  Here's the entire list, courtesy of the WSJ:

Country	2015	2014	Change since prior year
Singapore	1	1	0
New Zealand	2	2	0
Hong Kong SAR, China	3	3	0
Denmark	4	4	0
Korea, Rep	5	5	0
Norway	6	6	0
United States	7	7	0
United Kingdom	8	9	1
Finland	9	8	-1
Australia	10	10	0
Sweden	11	12	1
Iceland	12	11	-1
Ireland	13	17	4
Germany	14	13	-1
Georgia	15	14	-1
Canada	16	15	-1
Estonia	17	16	-1
Malaysia	18	20	2
Taiwan, China	19	18	-1
Switzerland	20	22	2
Austria	21	19	-2
United Arab Emirates	22	25	3
Latvia	23	21	-2
Lithuania	24	24	0
Portugal	25	23	-2
Thailand	26	28	2
Netherlands	27	26	-1
Mauritius	28	29	1
Japan	29	27	-2
Macedonia, FYR	30	31	1
France	31	33	2
Poland	32	30	-2
Spain	33	32	-1
Colombia	34	53	19
Peru	35	34	-1
Montenegro	36	42	6
Slovak Republic	37	35	-2
Bulgaria	38	36	-2
Mexico	39	43	4
Israel	40	38	-2
Chile	41	39	-2
Belgium	42	40	-2
South Africa	43	37	-6
Czech Republic	44	47	3
Armenia	45	49	4
Rwanda	46	48	2
Puerto Rico (U.S.)	47	41	-6
Romania	48	50	2
Saudi Arabia	49	44	-5
Qatar	50	45	-5
Slovenia	51	46	-5
Panama	52	55	3
Bahrain	53	53	0
Hungary	54	58	4
Turkey	55	51	-4
Italy	56	52	-4
Belarus	57	57	0
Jamaica	58	85	27
Luxembourg	59	59	0
Tunisia	60	56	-4
Greece	61	65	4
Russian Federation	62	64	2
Moldova	63	82	19
Cyprus	64	62	-2
Croatia	65	67	2
Oman	66	60	-6
Samoa	67	61	-6
Albania	68	108	40
Tonga	69	63	-6
Ghana	70	69	-1
Morocco	71	68	-3
Mongolia	72	70	-2
Guatemala	73	71	-2
Botswana	74	66	-8
Kosovo	75	81	6
Vanuatu	76	75	-1
Kazakhstan	77	76	-1
Vietnam	78	72	-6
Trinidad and Tobago	79	91	12
Azerbaijan	80	88	8
Fiji	81	73	-8
Uruguay	82	74	-8
Costa Rica	83	78	-5
Dominican Republic	84	84	0
Seychelles	85	87	2
Kuwait	86	79	-7
Solomon Islands	87	97	10
Namibia	88	80	-8
Antigua and Barbuda	89	83	-6
China	90	93	3
Serbia	91	77	-14
Paraguay	92	92	0
San Marino	93	89	-4
Malta	94	90	-4
Philippines	95	86	-9
Ukraine	96	112	16
Dominica	97	94	-3
Bahamas, The	97	96	-1
Sri Lanka	99	105	6
St. Lucia	100	95	-5
Brunei Darussalam	101	98	-3
Kyrgyz Republic	102	99	-3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	103	101	-2
Honduras	104	100	-4
Lebanon	104	102	-2
Barbados	106	103	-3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	107	104	-3
Nepal	108	109	1
El Salvador	109	106	-3
Swaziland	110	111	1
Zambia	111	107	-4
Egypt, Arab Rep	112	113	1
Palau	113	110	-3
Indonesia	114	117	3
Ecuador	115	115	0
Maldives	116	114	-2
Jordan	117	116	-1
Belize	118	119	1
Nicaragua	119	126	7
Brazil	120	123	3
St. Kitts and Nevis	121	120	-1
Cabo Verde	122	118	-4
Guyana	123	121	-2
Argentina	124	124	0
Bhutan	125	122	-3
Grenada	126	125	-1
Mozambique	127	142	15
Pakistan	128	127	-1
Lesotho	128	128	0
Iran, Islamic Rep	130	132	2
Tanzania	131	130	-1
Ethiopia	132	129	-3
Papua New Guinea	133	131	-2
Kiribati	134	133	-1
Cambodia	135	134	-1
Kenya	136	137	1
Yemen, Rep	137	135	-2
Gambia, The	138	144	6
Marshall Islands	139	136	-3
Sierra Leone	140	140	0
Uzbekistan	141	149	8
India	142	140	-2
West Bank and Gaza	143	139	-4
Gabon	144	138	-6
Micronesia, Fed. Sts	145	145	0
Mali	146	143	-3
Côte d'Ivoire	147	158	11
Lao PDR	148	155	7
Togo	149	164	15
Uganda	150	152	2
Benin	151	167	16
Burundi	152	150	-2
São Tomé and Príncipe	153	160	7
Algeria	154	147	-7
Djibouti	155	154	-1
Iraq	156	146	-10
Bolivia	157	151	-6
Cameroon	158	148	-10
Comoros	159	156	-3
Sudan	160	153	-7
Senegal	161	171	10
Suriname	162	159	-3
Madagascar	163	157	-6
Malawi	164	163	-1
Equatorial Guinea	165	162	-3
Tajikistan	166	177	11
Burkina Faso	167	161	-6
Niger	168	165	-3
Guinea	169	169	0
Nigeria	170	175	5
Zimbabwe	171	172	1
Timor-Leste	172	174	2
Bangladesh	173	170	-3
Liberia	174	168	-6
Syrian Arab Republic	175	165	-10
Mauritania	176	173	-3
Myanmar	177	178	1
Congo, Rep	178	179	1
Guinea-Bissau	179	176	-3
Haiti	180	181	1
Angola	181	180	-1
Venezuela, RB	182	183	1
Afghanistan	183	182	-1
Congo, Dem. Rep	184	184	0
Chad	185	185	0
South Sudan	186	187	1
Central African Republic	187	186	-1
Libya	188	188	0
Eritrea	189	189	0