As a geography geek I'm pretty much fascinated by the various indexes and numbers meant to provide invaluable insight regarding our existence on this planet. An existence, may I add, carefully apportioned and shaped by the borders inside which we may found ourselves. There are currently 35 centimetres (14 inches) of international borders for every person on Earth. I plan to decorate my section with...

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Returning to our indexes, the accuracy with which they express reality, even in the most abstract way possible, is highly debatable. Regardless, they are able to form a picture of the world, from one of innumerable angles. 

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Enter the BOB index, the one index to rule them all. It tells the ultimate information you need to know about a country: how bob is it. As you might expect, some are bobbest than other.

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BOB is short for Best of the Best. It combines three of the most well-known and representative indexes for probably the most important aspects of our lives (our lives as captured by geography, that is): the Human Development Index, the Environmental Performance Index and the Democracy Index. 

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Education, prosperity, inequality, environment and freedom. Now we have them all in one place. We can finally see who is the best among the best, and the less best among the best.