Explanation: North Africa (simply Africa, or Africa Proconsularis to the Romans) was a productive region of the Classical-era world, but under the Romans, it became one of the breadbaskets of the entire Mediterranean, rivaled only by Egypt. Because of this intensified demand for food production, and the organization of Roman rule, Africa became the second-richest province in the Western Empire, and a well-integrated urban center which produced a great many Roman scholars and politicians throughout the years.

Taking history into account I get some sympathy for the current mess that is Egypt. They’ve been ruled by foreign powers (with a couple of short interruptions) 525BC-1952CE. More than 2000 years. No wonder establishing a functional country is hard.

Edit - misunderstood the meme thinking it’s about all of North Africa including Egypt. Still it applies

I thought that said “problematic Egypt” at first