Welcome, to the world of tomorrow.

As promised, post number 2, this one is a bit more positive than the other one. Mostly just something that came to mind a few days ago.
This is a prediction of the country the way it might be, not the way it will be.

The country is a land of division. People long ago discovered that the only way to keep from killing eachother over things like socio-economics and religion, was to seperate themselves from eachother.

In this country the land is divided up into urban, rural, and educational.

Educational land is land devoted to the young. All children leave their parents and move to a boarding school mandatorily from the age of 10 to 18. They can communicate with their relatives and visit them on holidays, but they no longer live with their parents.
These children are given eight years to master their primary education, all the knowledge and skills that are required to be an average functional citizen.
Upon reaching the age of 18, they are given tests and options. If they already know what they want to be, they merely test for it, and if qualified, either enter the field, or take on any additional education needed. If they fail to qualify, they can place this career as a secondary option, something to work towards, but then test to see what jobs they do qualify for.
Once trained and qualified, they are placed into the field, with people like themselves. They have had eight years of supervised diversity in the public education system, now, at their option, they can return to the culture that they grew up in, or come join a new one that they have learned to love. Within this cultural equation is also the question of demand, A job with high demand allows the candidate to choose to live wherever they want, a low demand job leaves you with fewer options.

If chosen, the candidate moves to his or her new Rural or Urban habitat. It could be their home town, or some metropolis they have never been to.
The rural towns are the crop centers of the country, vast fields of crops and livestock, employing countless laborers who either chose to be their, or merely qualified to be there. Those who qualified know that they will be doing manual labor, but it will be in the open air, away from the pollution and tight living spaces of the urban centers. They will live a simplier life of their own choosing. Surrounded by neighbors much like themselves, with similar values. They have much of the qualities of city life, but on a much smaller scale.

The Urban centers are the mixing pot, home of those who want to be diverse, want friends and neighbors of differing cultures. The urban centers are the home of manufacturing, entertainment, and all kinds of mass-production. Unlike rural centers, laws are uniform in urban centers. There are no cultural laws, if you want those, you move to a town who's culture supports them. In the cities, only what is accepted by everyone is made into law.
The lifestyle of the city dweller is fast paced and exciting, which is how they like it. Some people get burned out on city living, and move to rural towns to live for awhile, but they always have the option to return. Cities always need more workers of all fields.

In this world, people live the life that they choose, and the life they are capable of. No-one gains a job they are unqualified for (unless it is working for their own parents in their home town), and no-one suffers from being overqualified and working a lower scale job.
The world is competitive for the high ranking jobs, but there are plenty of middle and low skill jobs for everyone. If you feel that life is too hard and you want your life to be simple but pleasant, that life is waiting for you, if you want life to challenge you, that option is waiting for you too.