Which countries other than the US are good to work in as a scientist? I'm talking both quality of life and quality of research, funding, etc.

I guess Europe is a good option but not sure about living there. Is Japan still doing well? They seem stagnating like crazy. Singapore on the other hand seems rising very fast. Is it a retarded idea to move to China? They seem to have shitloads of money to spend on science but you'll probably have to take the CCP cock up the ass every once in a while. Also Australian universities seem to be doing quite well.
Has anyone tried living in any of these countries?