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Royalty - History till Present
I was looking at economic prosperity in Wiki, and under GDP per capita, the most common measurement of the average level of wealth of a nation's inhabitants, I was struck by the fact that, if you f.ex. look at the ranking compiled by the IMF for 2008 (latest ranking), 5 of the 10 top spots, and 3 of the top 3, are Kingdoms (by some definition or another). (In fact if you take away Iceland from the list, they won't be anywhere near top 10 for the 2009 or 2010 ranking...
![]() 1 Qatar $86,008 - Head of State: Emir 2 Luxembourg $82,441 - Head of State: Grand Duke 3 Norway $53,738 - Head of State: King 4 Singapore $51,226 - Republic 5 Brunei $50,199 - Head of State: Sultan 6 United States $47,440 - Republic 7 Switzerland $43,196 - Republic 8 Ireland $42,110 - Republic 9 Netherlands $40,558 - Head of State: Queen 10 Iceland $40,471 - Republic 11 Kuwait $39,915 - Head of State: Emir What gives ![]() ------------------------- This thread can be used for discussion about any history concerning any type of other royal state, government, etc. throughout history.
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