If by "nations ruined by having the wrong leaders" you mean where a small group of leaders ignores all contrary advise, engages the nation in a quagmire of war on false pretenses that has no clear benefit, causes massive loss of life, financially strains the country, and actually increases general foreign animosity and the threat of terrorism, then I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Oh, wait....
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Battlestar Galactica.
Maybe, maybe not. According to this http://www.businessweek.com/technology/tech_stats/ cell060223.htm Motorola and Nokia still own the biggest chunk of the market and could still sway adoption of standards. Still, who doesn't want to sell in China?
If by "nations ruined by having the wrong leaders" you mean where a small group of leaders ignores all contrary advise, engages the nation in a quagmire of war on false pretenses that has no clear benefit, causes massive loss of life, financially strains the country, and actually increases general foreign animosity and the threat of terrorism, then I'm not sure what you are talking about. Oh, wait....