http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 per day. But in the US, you are not considered living below the poverty line unless you live on less than $30 per day.($10,890 per year) The Average American (who makes $46k per year) is living off $126 per day. I feel so lucky that I am not the 80%.
A state cannot productively govern more than 2 million citizens. Time to decentralize the World into Cantons as in Switzerland https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cantons_of_switzerland for better governance.