According to most wealthy people—i.e. those have the brains and money to choose the country where they prefer to live—Australia seems to be the best country in the world.

We have a proverb in Russia about “no place like home”. It has a uniquely Russian twist to it: Vsyák kulík svoyó bolóto khválit (“Every wader boasts of her marshes”). I’m one of these waders. However, in order to get to what people really think you need to weed out opinions dictated by national pride, local patriotism and the crowd mentality.

Here in Moscow, the most vocal proponents of Russia as the best country in the world are the people on the top. Those are the same who stash their money in Western offshores, buy property in Florida and around the Mediterranean, and keep their families in London, Paris, California and New York like there’s no tomorrow.

Which is why we should listen to those who vote with their feet and place their money where their mouths are: wealthy people. Below, a piece of infographics that tell in a very straightforward way that the Anglosphere and their globalized affiliates outperform the rest of the world by far.