World: Highlights from Transparency International’s 2010 Corruption Index
- 1st is Denmark, which suggests that very little is rotten there
- 22nd is the U.S., which fell out of the top 20 due to the financial crisis
- 78th is China, which may not like Google but is less corrupt than you think
- 146th is Iran; they’re tied with Libya (both are too high on this list, honestly)
- 154th is Russia, which makes a lot of sense if you know Russia
- 164th is Venezuela, which at least has a fan in Oliver Stone, right?
- 172nd is Sudan, which has Darfur and child soldiers to answer for
- 175th is Iraq, what with their undecided election and everything
- 176th is Afghanistan, what with their bags of money and everything
- last is Somalia, which makes lots of sense considering it’s Somalia source