The problem of the US is that it is so bent on financial success, that it has no morality and starts illegal wars for profits, like the Mexican wars, Indian wars, Spanish American war, WWI, Korean War, Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Desert Storm, Shock and Awe, etc.
So the US is a financial success but a legal and moral failure.
When it comes down to legality, all things that are right or legal are based on subjective ethics from our DNA. So then in effect is based on religious beliefs.
When we define a country based on rights like the Bill of Rights and a constitution, that is in effect a theocracy.
If we had evolved from canine or feline predators instead of herbivore primates, our laws would be totally different.