The nations of the world, ranked by perceived level of corruption.
USA is tied with Ireland and Belgium at No. 17. China ties with Saudi
Arabia and Syria at No. 71. Up at the top: all those dull, righteous
Scandinavians.
(I haven’t looked into the methodology here, so I don’t know how much this
is worth. It agrees pretty well with the few data points at which I have
some experience, though. And Passau is a very pretty town — hard to
believe anything bogus could come out of it…)