at last, an explanation

A study has emerged that attempts to correlate a country's economic activity with its fear of hell. Apparently, the greater the fear of hell, the greater peoples' frantic attempts to make hay. Even though Hell is not a place where you could take your riches, this hard-hitting study indicates that blind fear will get you out of bed and into the office every morning.

To back up their findings, here is a graph that indicates a correlation between fear of hell and corruption: