re: #73 Killgore Trout

Cool interactive graphic
Fragile States: Rankings and Map
7 Afghanistan
10 Pakistan
13 Iraq
15 Syria
44 Iran (Unfortunately)

Interesting. Iran 44, Lebanon 46, and Israel/West Bank 67 are all the same color and only about 20 points apart from each other. That must be somewhat unnerving for the Israelis what with Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan being a mess.

The next most stable color includes Turkmenistan 74, Tunisia 78, Russia 85, India 81, Jordan 83, Morocco 92, Turkey 93, and Saudi Arabia 96. I wouldn’t have guessed Saudi Arabia would be considered more stable than India or Russia.