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Appendix A: World Leader Rankings Research Note: World Leader Rankings on Twitter - December 2012 A:3 Note: Fragility Score [0="Highly Stable" to 25="Extreme Fragility"]: State Fragility Index measuring the country's Political, Economic, Social, and Security stability (“Stable” are scores 0-11 => Little to Moderate Fragility, “Fragile” are scores 12-25 => Serious to Extreme Fragility) Polity Score [-10 to -6 "Autocracy", -5 to +5 "Anocracy", +6 to +10 "Democracy"]: Measures degree of democracy on 21 point scale (-10 to +10) ranging from monarchy to fully institutionalized democracy 2012 RANKING NAME COUNTRY POLITY SCORE REGIME TYPE FRAGILITY TWEETING SINCE FOLLOWERS DEC 2012 HANDLE LINK KLOUT 2011 RANKING 35 European Council President Herman Van Rompuy European Union __ __ __ 9/30/2010 89,662 euHvR http://twitter.com/eu HvR 85 36 Federal Government of Germany Germany 10 DEM 0 1/5/2011 81,977 RegSprecher http://twitter.com/Reg Sprecher 80 30 37 Prime Minister Najib Mikati Lebanon 7 DEM 6 1/22/2010 77,841 Najib_Mikati http://twitter.com/Naj ib_Mikati 79 38 President Ilham Aliyev Azerbaijan -7 AUT 12 7/27/2010 70,729 azpresident http://twitter.com/azp resident 56 40 39 Prime Minister John Key New Zealand 10 DEM 0 11/14/2008 69,289 johnkeypm http://twitter.com/joh nkeypm 72 32 40 Curators of Sweden Sweden 0 DEM 0 1/28/2009 67,914 sweden http://twitter.com/sw eden 78 41 President Otto Pérez Molina Guatemala 8 DEM 10 11/18/2009 62,987 ottoperezmolina http://twitter.com/ott operezmolina 71 52 42 Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo Belgium 8 DEM 2 4/15/2007 57,084 eliodirupo http://twitter.com/elio dirupo 77 33 43 Prime Minister Antonis Samaras Greece 10 DEM 1 1/10/2010 51,088 PrimeministerGR http://twitter.com/Pri meministerGR 62 39 44 President Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria 4 DEM 17 7/6/2010 48,317 JGoodlucktweets http://twitter.com/JGo odlucktweets 54 36 45 President Federico Franco Paraguay 8 DEM 8 4/12/2010 44,271 fedefrancopy http://twitter.com/fed efrancopy 67 46 President Michel Martelly Haiti -77 DEM 18 1/20/2010 43,301 MichelJMartelly http://twitter.com/Mic helJMartelly 69 37 47 President Jakaya Kikwete Tanzania -1 DEM 12 3/21/2011 42,934 jmkikwete http://twitter.com/jmk ikwete 81 48 Prime Minister Shinzō Abe Japan 10 DEM 0 1/18/2012 42,677 AbeShinzo http://twitter.com/Ab eShinzo 66 13 49 President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Mongolia 10 DEM 8 1/14/2011 36,928 Elbegdorj http://twitter.com/Elb egdorj 45 48 50 Prime Minister Donald Tusk Poland 10 DEM 0 7/17/2009 34,897 PremierRP http://twitter.com/Pre mierRP 61 49 51 Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili Georgia 6 DEM 8 10/14/2011 28,791 B_Ivanishvili http://twitter.com/B_I vanishvili 49 52 President Sauli Niinistö Finland 10 DEM 0 5/4/2009 28,363 niinisto http://twitter.com/niin isto 51 38 53 Government of El Salvador El Salvador 8 DEM 5 11/9/2009 23,223 presidencia_sv http://twitter.com/pre sidencia_sv 89