Majority of public debt is in the hands of their citizens and institutions. Makes them somewhat independent from foreign monetary politics

TomK

looks like you can plod along in low 200s% https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/government-debt-to-gdp

ewok

Japan. They keep printing more and more to pay off their debt and yet never defaulted 

fiatdenier

bitcoin

What happens after GDP to debt ratio of over 130%

Which country is that 1 in 52?

I suspect that if you're a country in control of the world's reserve currency you can avoid default with a higher debt ratio.