A place with a traditionally skewed (Pareto) distribution in all non-monetary contexts, in which it was decided that Median Jack should rule and anti-intellectualism ate society and state.

I am trying to flee - if you know a place in which values (such as aptitude and civilization) are still in place, drop a note.

Interestingly for the context, it was a crisis in banking that "made the first alarms ring", in my case, years ago.