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by The State of Maas. . 6 reads.

The Good Wonders

When the call went out that the WA is searching for the most miraculous wonders of the world, the people of Maas enthusiastically entered their beloved Crepe Maze into the competition. However, when the results came in and it was announced that the greatest wonder of the world is... a concrete slab, the nation was in dumbfounded. This initial confusion grew into an uproar of discontent, when it was announced that the Maase entry was ranked #522nd globally and had been beaten by "wonders" such as:
- a big pile of rocks;
- a gay cat;
- a wall;
- a basement (includes a vague child-molesting joke);
- a banana;
- a dumpster behind Walmart;
- a radioactive waste dump;
- literally nothing;
- large mustache of a genocidal dictator (ranked 17th);
- over a hundred wonders of such low effort that they didn't change the default banner;
- half a dozen entries of unintelligible gibberish.

Outraged by this turn of events in what should've been a competition of awe and wits, the Maase Office for Culture and Heritage (MOCH) decided to review the top 1000 entries and compile a better list of the true wonders of the world. The list of notable wonders is as follows.

Category I - while the commission rejects the official list, it's still happy to congratulate nations of the Arctic and embassy regions that did better than Maas in the event:
1. Braag'miir Interstellar Spaceport and BBQ in Exxosia
2. East Mendelstahl Tower in Blaenavon
3. The Great Barrier in Bystopia
4. The Temple of Nekomimi in Making Catgirls Real
5. The World's Largest Potato in The Voltarum

Category II - The Five Natural Wonders of The World:
1. Great Stones of Moļo in Angwama
2. Little-Moose National Park in New Valdres
3. The Green-ish Lungs of Midterra in Midterra
4. The Tapestry of Endless Recursion in Umeria
5. Sloth Safary in Briantini

Category III - The Five Engineering Wonders of The World:
1. Nown Escarpment and associated Rangarst structures in Haeruba
2. Secularism Cube in Southern Caek Saimatertoutari
3. The Great Artificial Nistrian Reef in Nistriabar
4. The Singing Coast in Durius
5. Transcontinental Beer Pipeline by Claraxia

Category VI - The Five Architectural-Cultural Wonders of The World:
1. Great Bath of Mohenjo-daro in Mel-akkam
2. Imperial Temple of the Cult of Illumination and Union in The Marsupial Illuminati
3. The Grain Temples of Gorbulock in Winterwheat
4. The Iymian Walls in Tredonopolis
5. Trienta Botanical Garden in Jeltronia

Category V - The Five Scientific Wonders of The World:
1. Cure for VODAIS by Ballotonia
2. International Fusion Reactor in From New World
3. Rovimini Prehistoric Conservation Center in Gallicelestia
4. The Vault of Human Knowledge in Arstotzovo
5. Tsuki no Miyako by Hatsunia

Category VI - The Five Societal-Political Wonders of The World:
1. Graveyard of Tyranny in Anarco Argentina
2. Hymn of Oblought in Unshleepd
3. Statue of Bike Man in MountAye
4. Thirteens Rest in New Silvstrala
5. Vastiva Memorial Reflecting Pool by The World Assembly Elite

Category VII - A Literal Anti-Wonder That Can't Be Left Unmentioned:
1. Britain's Hall of Food Classics in Wan Nyan

The MOCH would like all mentioned nations to know that their wonders are noticed and appreciated.

Methodology applied included scrolling through the lists and reviewing entries, with special attention given to ones with a unique banner image, originality in name and function, and a genuine wondern-ness. Due to the undeniable selection bias of the incredibly snobby commission of the MOCH, entries deemed too fantastical or science fiction-y were generally discarded, although a special cheer is given to seeing a stargate, the silmarils and a shrubbery on the list.

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