This thread isn't about let's say Singapore V Norway in GDP per capita . But what you think constitutes a good government and the ethics that lead you to decide that.
My answer to that question would be that government is around to promote and encourage good and fulfilling lives for each of its citizens. This is different than the Liberal Egalitarian government, in the way that it would not take a neutral stance towards all lifestyles, but would encourage the lifestyles that are more worthwhile. I reinforce this position with my newly adopted Communitarian/Old time positions that...., Justice is not neutral, and that ethics isn't about action as much as it is about character. Although I do doubt some specific Communitarian ideas, But I think it's an altogether better basis for a just society than Liberalism.