Our Dumb WorldThe Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth

An imaginary, satirical history of the world in which we live.
In Our Dumb World, the unseen Onion staff strictly obey the inverse law of humor and economics: The poorer the country the richer the comedy. Indeed, it’s the most impoverished and politically upheaved nations that get the cruelest and most inventive lampooning in this exhaustive faux atlas, complete with snarky timelines and trivia. Rwanda, French Guyana, both Congos — these guys get little mercy from our dickhead narrator. Actually, almost nobody gets a free pass. “Columbia: South America’s middleman.” “Ukraine: The bridebasket of Europe.” “Russia: Where Russians are sent to die.” The jokes are easy, if not obvious, and all the race-baiting and real-life tragicomedy can get you down after prolonged exposure. Still, Our Dumb World does work in small doses; sometimes it’s funny to sit back and enjoy the clever ways people can be douchebags to each other, be they power-hungry tyrants or satirists.