Bottom 5 Leaders: Where the World's Worst Rulers Get the Spotlight They Deserve

Welcome to the Bottom 5 Leaders, where the most inept, the most corrupt, and the most utterly incompetent rulers get the recognition they've always dreamed of but never earned.

Join us in mocking the likes of King Louis XIV's hairdo, King Joffrey's tantrums, and the countless other failures of the world's most disappointing leaders!

King Louis XIV of France

A ruler so vain, he thought the sun revolved around him. Literally. He's got a hairdo that'd put even the most basic of hipsters to shame.

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King Joffrey of the Seven Kingdoms

A ruler so short, he needs a stool to reach the top of the throne. Don't get him started on the whole 'I'm the chosen one' thing, though.

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The Roman Emperor Caligula

A ruler so power-hungry, he made a holiday in his own honor. Too bad it was a holiday for his eventual execution.

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President Forthright of Bureaucracy Inc.

A ruler so efficient, he managed to fill 37 different positions with his own faceless, emotionless clones.

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Queen Bureaucracy the 3rd of Nowhereland

A ruler so stuck in red tape, she's lost the plot entirely. Literally. She's still trying to find her way out of the castle.

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