How does a nation respond to economic, political, and social challenges?

As to how a nation responds to economic, political and social challenges, though American readers may not agree, I think at the moment Venezuela is the best example of this. Venezuela at the present time has been cruelly sanctioned only for pursuing an independent policy and exercising its sovereignity. Also, it faced the most barbaric riots by the extreme right opposition where they burned some people alive! The government has constantly appealed to the opposition for talks aimed at resolving differences and completed a series of these in the Dominican Republic. At the same time it has maintained its committment to the welfare of the majority of the people handing over housing units for example up to 1 million I believe recently. Economically, it has started a new crypto-currency to counteract the US economic sanctions and dependence on the US dollar and has reached out to Russia and China for economic trade deals.