15th in maths and science 33rd in life expectancy, 20th for public debt 36th for education expenditure 34th in infant mortality, 27th for renewables 2nd biggest arms exporter, including to 22 of the 30 countries on the UK Government’s human rights watch list 146th in savings 10th in press freedom 10th in purchasing power 22nd in happiness, only 1 ahead of Oman Most expensive city in the world 14th in environmental performance 17th in wellbeing - behind Brazil and Panama 28th in beer consumption 19th in median household income, 10th in exports.
With reference to the opening scene of The Newsroom