Week of Lists Day Three: Failed States

Today, the Fund for Peace released its annual "failed states" list. There's also a lengthy article in Foreign Policy. Here's your rogue's gallery of top 20 failed states:

1. Sudan
2. Iraq
3. Somalia
4. Zimbabwe
5. Chad
6. Cote d'Ivoire
7. Democratic Republic of Congo
8. Afghanistan
9. Guinea
10. Central African Republic
11. Haiti
12. Pakistan
13. North Korea
14. Burma/Myanmar
15. Uganda
16. Bangladesh
17. Nigeria
18. Ethiopia
19. Burundi
20. Timor-Leste