Poland, a country with basically 200 years of tragic history, is now Europe's most vibrant economy

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Consider this: only 20 years ago, the Russian army still had troops in Poland. Democracy in Poland didn't even start to gain steam as an idea until June of 1989, and that followed a long period where many economic observers generally called Poland "a basket case." In 2014, the picture is dr…