Heres a list of countries that have gone bankrupt in the last 200 years. They are all still here and haven't "collasped" "broken up" i automatically facepalm when people post that a U.S default will mean anarchy lol.
Africa
Algeria (1991)
Angola (1976,[16] 1985, 1992-2002[16])
Cameroon (2004)[16]
Central African Republic (1981, 1983)
Congo (Kinshasa) (1979)[16]
Cote d'Ivoire (1983, 2000)
Gabon (1999–2005)[16]
Ghana (1979, 1982)[16]
Liberia (1989–2006)[16]
Madagascar (2002)[16]
Mozambique (1980)[16]
Rwanda (1995)[16]
Sierra Leone (1997–1998)[16]
Sudan (1991)[16]
Tunisia (1867)
Egypt (1876, 1984)
Kenya (1994, 2000)
Morocco (1983, 1994, 2000)
Nigeria (1982, 1986, 1992, 2001, 2004)
South Africa (1985, 1989, 1993)
Zambia (1983)
Zimbabwe (1965, 2000, 2006[16] (see Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe)
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda (1998–2005)[16]
Argentina (1827, 1890, 1951, 1956, 1982, 1989, 2002-2005[16] (see Argentine debt restructuring))
Bolivia (1875, 1927,[16] 1931, 1980, 1986, 1989)
Brazil (1898, 1902, 1914, 1931, 1937, 1961, 1964, 1983, 1986-1987,[16] 1990[16])
Canada (Alberta) (1935)[16]
Chile (1826, 1880, 1931, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1983)
Colombia (1826, 1850, 1873, 1880, 1900, 1932, 1935)
Costa Rica (1828, 1874, 1895, 1901, 1932, 1962, 1901, 1932, 1962, 1981, 1983, 1984)
Dominica (2003–2005)[16]
Dominican Republic (1872, 1892, 1897, 1899, 1931, 1975-2001[16] (see Latin American debt crisis), 2005)
Ecuador (1826, 1868, 1894, 1906, 1909, 1914, 1929, 1982, 1984, 2000, 2008)
El Salvador (1828, 1876, 1894, 1899, 1921, 1932, 1938, 1981-1996[16])
Grenada (2004–2005)[16]
Guatemala (1933, 1986, 1989)
Guyana (1982)
Honduras (1828, 1873, 1981)
Jamaica (1978)
Mexico (1827, 1833, 1844, 1850,[16] 1866, 1898, 1914, 1928-1930s, 1982)
Nicaragua (1828, 1894, 1911, 1915, 1932, 1979)
Panama (1932, 1983, 1983, 1987, 1988-1989[16])
Paraguay (1874, 1892, 1920, 1932, 1986, 2003)
Peru (1826, 1850,[16] 1876, 1931, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984)
Surinam (2001–2002)[16]
Trinidad and Tobago (1989)
United States (1779 (devaluation of Continental Dollar), 1790, 1862,[17] 1933 (see Executive Order 6102),[16] 1971 (Nixon Shock)
9 states (1841–1842)[16]
10 states and many local governments (1873-83 or 1884)[16]
Uruguay (1876, 1891, 1915, 1933, 1937,[16] 1983, 1987, 1990, 2003)
Venezuela (1826, 1848, 1860, 1865, 1892, 1898, 1982, 1990, 1995-1997,[16] 1998,[16] 2004)
Asia
China (1921, 1932,[16] 1939)
Japan (1942, 1946-1952[16])
India (1958, 1969[citation needed], 1972)
Indonesia (1966, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Iran (1992)
Iraq (1990)
Jordan (1989)
Kuwait (1990–1991)[16]
Myanmar (1984,[16] 1987,[16] 2002)
Mongolia (1997–2000)[16]
The Philippines (1983)
Solomon Islands (1995–2004)[16]
Sri Lanka (1980, 1982, 1996[16])
Vietnam (1975)[16]
Europe
Albania (1990)
Austria-Hungary (1796, 1802, 1805, 1811, 1816, 1868)
Austria (1938, 1940, 1945[16])
Bulgaria (1932[citation needed], 1990)
Croatia (1993–1996)[16]
Denmark (1813)[16] (see Danish state bankruptcy of 1813)
England (1340, 1472, 1596)
France (1558, 1624, 1648, 1661, 1701, 1715, 1770, 1788, 1812)
Germany (1932, 1939, 1948[16])
Hesse (1814)
Prussia (1683, 1807, 1813)
Schleswig-Holstein (1850)
Westphalia (1812)
Greece (1826, 1843, 1860, 1893, 1932)
Hungary (1932, 1941)
The Netherlands (1814)
Poland (1936, 1940, 1981)
Portugal (1560, 1828, 1837, 1841, 1845, 1852, 1890)
Romania (1933, 1982, 1986)
Russia (1839, 1885, 1918, 1947,[16] 1957,[16] 1991, 1998)
Spain (1557, 1575, 1596, 1607, 1627, 1647, 1809, 1820, 1831, 1834, 1851, 1867, 1872, 1882, 1936-1939[16])
Sweden (1812)
Turkey (1876, 1915, 1931, 1940, 1978, 1982)
Ukraine (1998–2000)[16]
United Kingdom (1749, 1822, 1834, 1888–89, 1932)[16]
Yugoslavia (1983)