Trott Bailey Family’s Standards for Real Development

(aka the ‘Ketch Di Rake’ and ‘Elevate Yuh Self’ System)

Let’s get one thing clear.

If your country charges for a bottle of water, has homeless people sleeping beside glowing corporate signs, and can’t resolve a basic land dispute faster than a tomato plant can bear fruit—you are not developed. Stop pretending.

For too long, the world has been sold a lie. A place can have 5G Wi-Fi, but if your old folks can’t afford warm soup or a hug without a subscription, your society is malfunctioning.

So the Trott Bailey Family took it upon ourselves (as the official Rulers of Common Sense) to lay down the minimum standards a country must meet to even be considered developing. Developed? That’s another article. Let’s crawl before we sprint.

These standards are not about GDP or G7 status—they are about the quality of life, human dignity, and how pleasant you make Earth for humans to dwell on.

So get your notebooks out, presidents and policymakers. It’s time to ketch di rake.

🌍 1. No Homelessness — None. Zero. Zilch.

Let’s start with the most embarrassing reality check.
If your nation can build smart cities, rocket ships, and skyscrapers but somehow can’t build enough housing, you’re failing at the basics. A country that lets its people sleep on cold concrete does not qualify as developing, no matter how many Teslas are on the road.

Ketch Di Rake Tip: Every human must have shelter. Whether communal eco-huts, modern homes, or shared family dwellings—no one should be on the streets unless they’re stargazing.

🍲 2. Delicious Cuisine for the Masses

A country’s food should nourish the soul, not traumatize the tastebuds. And if only the rich can afford the good stuff while the poor live off ultra-processed packet food, we have a problem.

Your street food should slap, your school lunches should inspire, and even your prison food should at least be recognizably food.

Elevate Yuh Self Tip: A nation that feeds its people well loves its people deeply.

🧠 3. A Respectful, Family-Oriented Culture

We’re talking about manners, meaningful greetings, elders being respected, children being taught emotional intelligence, and wives being valued, not marketed.

If your culture is drowning in sarcasm, isolation, and cultural amnesia, it’s time to ketch the rake and clean up.

“A people without culture are like soup without salt—bland, forgettable, and unsafe to consume.”

⚖️ 4. A Justice System That Actually Works

No, we’re not talking about your Netflix legal drama.
We mean: fast, wise, and restorative justice. If someone breaks into your mango orchard, you shouldn’t have to wait 3 years for a court date while they eat the evidence.

We’re talking:

  • Competent judges
  • Layered dispute resolution: from neighborly to national level
  • Zero backlog
  • Transparent rulings, spoken in language regular people understand.

Ketch Di Rake Tip: If justice is delayed, it’s basically denied with seasoning.

🌿 5. Public Gardens, Orchards, and Medicinal Spaces

A true developing country doesn’t just have malls and highways—it has gardens you can walk into without paying. We’re talking:

  • Fruit orchards you can nibble from
  • Herbal medicine gardens with learning plaques
  • Butterfly sanctuaries
  • Bamboo forests with hammocks for thinking deep thoughts

Let Earth be beautiful, and let people touch it.

🧰 6. Mandatory Volunteer & Life Skills Training for the Youth

From age seven.
Every child should start learning real-world skills:

  • Conflict resolution
  • Vision setting
  • Financial cooperation in the home
  • Fixing a leaky pipe
  • Talking with children instead of screaming into the void

“If your 18-year-olds can drive cars but can’t hold a conversation without emojis, your education system failed.”

Elevate Yuh Self Tip: Teach youth early how to build—not just careers, but communities.

👶 7. Baby Relief Care for Couples

Sometimes, mommy and daddy need a minute to themselves to remember they’re lovers, not logistics partners.

A truly developing nation supports marriages, not just mothers. There must be national programs for:

  • Baby relief hours
  • Couple retreats
  • Child-friendly entertainment zones
  • “Leave-no-kid-behind-but-for-a-little-while” campaigns

“Strong marriages = strong nations. Broken homes breed broken systems.”

🌐 8. No-Border, No-Stress Travel

Enough with the visa headaches and border interrogations like you’re applying to marry someone’s daughter.

In a truly developing world:

  • Travel is free or affordable
  • Identification systems are digital, shared, and respectful
  • People can explore the world without feeling like criminals

Ketch Di Rake Tip: Borders are imaginary. Let the people roam like goats… the friendly ones.

🏘️ 9. Central Community Areas for Regular Socializing

No, not bars and nightclubs only. We mean:

  • Firepit conversations under the stars
  • Open mic nights at cultural domes
  • Shared public kitchens
  • Chess tables in shaded parks

If people don’t know their neighbors, the society is anti-human.

“If you only talk to your community through social media comments, you don’t have a community—you have a data feed.”

🧠 FAQ — Frequently Avoided Questions

1. Isn’t GDP a better measure of development?

No. You can have a trillion-dollar GDP and still have people starving, depressed, divorced, or imprisoned for being poor. We measure by human wellbeing, not corporate profits.

2. But isn’t free travel unsafe?

Not if you focus on raising well-rounded, respectful citizens. Criminals exist in all systems. We shouldn’t punish everyone else because your airport security thinks your aunty’s stew is a weapon.

3. Is this model realistic?

If yuh waan elevate, it’s realistic. If you want to oppress and sell everything including the air, then go back to pretending you’re developed.

4. What if my country has great Wi-Fi but no gardens?

Congratulations. You’ve built a high-speed dystopia.

5. Is homelessness ever justified?

Absolutely not. Housing is a human right, not a luxury for those with the best LinkedIn profile.

6. Can culture really be measured?

Yes. If your people greet each other with warmth, value elders, and teach their kids how to love and lead—you’re developing. If not, go back to cultural school.

7. Why mandatory skills for youth?

Because the current system is graduating emotionally illiterate adults who think teamwork is a Zoom call with snacks.

8. How do we start implementing this?

Start locally. Build a garden. Host community talks. Teach a 7-year-old how to build a chicken coop. Nationhood is built from the ground up.

9. Who funds the baby relief programs?

The same people who fund wars, sports stadiums, and traffic lights that don’t work. Priorities, people.

10. What’s “Ketch Di Rake” really mean?

It means wake up and fix yuhself. Sweep your house before you post about someone else’s dust.

🌟 Final Words from the Trott Bailey Family

We’re not here to be polite. We’re here to remind the world that humanity is not a tech competition.

A truly developing country is a loving, working, learning, and beautiful place to live in—for everyone, not just the elites.

Let this be your checklist.
If yuh nah meet di mark… you still under construction.

Now go ketch di rake. Elevate yuh self.