Sorry to hear you've been waiting so long. Our team doesn't have specific timelines for individual channels. Note: All applications are still manually reviewed, so it does take a bit of time. Hopefully you don't have to wait too much longer for your update.
That isn't true what you're saying. It doesn't have anything to do with where you're from or that YouTube doesn't want to monetize small channels. I'm from Denmark and I've over 1k subs and my channel is monetized. Don't tell stuff that isn't true.