If we keep it this simple, we got ourselves an analogy: The restaurant and all of its amenities represents the country. The management and staff are the government and functionaries, while the patrons are the ordinary citizens -who keep coming back (therefore contributing in its success), or who leave and never return (leading to failure). Admittedly, making the comparison between restaurant and country isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But then I happened upon an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (stream by pressing 'close ad' and ignore the popups) and the more I watched, the more the comparison made perfect sense. The premise of the show basically revolves around Gordon Ramsay's attempts to make failing restaurants turn over a new leaf. Often, there is a dysfunctional family involved and that makes for the meat of the entertainment, but at the bottom of it there is always the bottom line that's being affected by unsound business decisio...