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Countries
Sixty-eight of the world's most talked-about countries, from giants like China and India to small states like Malta. A good first game: everyone has a hunch, few people know the real order.
How a game works
Everyone gets $20 of game money (not real money) to fill 5 spots. Items come up one at a time; the highest bid when the 10-second clock runs out wins.
After the draft, each pick gets its real number for the metric you chose. Totals are added up. For every metric here, the highest total wins.
Values stay hidden until the draft ends, then they're revealed with their source.
Ways to score it
| Metric | Winner | Source | Items |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population Total people living in the country. | Highest total wins | World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.POP.TOTL) | 68 |
| GDP Gross domestic product in current US dollars: the size of the economy. | Highest total wins | World Bank, World Development Indicators (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD, current US$) | 67 |
| Land area Land area in square kilometres, not counting inland water. | Highest total wins | World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) | 68 |
| GDP per capita GDP divided by population, in current US dollars: how rich the average person's economy is. | Highest total wins | World Bank, World Development Indicators (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, current US$) | 67 |
| Life expectancy Average years a newborn is expected to live. | Highest total wins | World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) | 68 |
| Forest area Land under forest, in square kilometres. | Highest total wins | World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.K2) | 68 |
| Internet users Share of people who use the internet, in percent. | Highest total wins | World Bank, World Development Indicators (IT.NET.USER.ZS) | 68 |
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An example
Say your draft included these three picks, scored by population. Real figures (latest available) from World Bank:
| Pick | Population (people) |
|---|---|
| China | 1,406,585,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 36,973,555 |
| Finland | 5,646,436 |
| Total so far | 1,449,204,991 |
Illustrative only. In a real game, items are drawn at random and every player bids against the others.
The items
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cuba
- DR Congo
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kenya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vietnam
Each value is the most recent figure the source has published for that country. Items without an official figure are left out rather than estimated.
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