I always use Japan as a response to the ever-present suggestion that what goes down must come back up as it relates to economies and markets. This [1] is a graph of the Nikkei 225 (effectively the Japanese market) dating back to 1949. Keep in mind the scale - that's a logarithmic graph. They were the second largest economy in the world in 1989, with many expecting them to imminently surpass even the United States.

[1] - https://www.macrotrends.net/2593/nikkei-225-index-historical...