ARTICLE: “The Failed States Index 2008,” Fund for Peace and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,” Foreign Policy, July/August 2008, p. 64.

All the “critical” and “in danger” states lie within the confines of the Gap map.

All of the “stable” and “most stable” lie inside the Core.

Basically all of the New Core and many Seam States are described as “borderline.”

I drew my map based on U.S. military responses. Apparently that’s a pretty good way to categorize the world.