The Pew Global Attitudes Project gauges world opinion by polling 45,000 people across the globe. The report always makes headlines with its findings on weighty matters like immigration and anti-Americanism. This year's big story is that the world seems conflicted about globalization. But what else are countries saying behind each other's backs? Here are some choice findings from the 2007 report.

Biggest blowhards? The Italians. Nearly seven out of ten Italians say that their culture is better than any other. A little more than half of Americans said the same about these United States. The least proud people were the Swedes: Only 21 percent of Swedes thought that ABBA and Ingmar Bergman had assured their country's cultural dominance.

Forty-six out of 47 populations say that their country's traditional cultures should be protected from foreign influence. Only the Swedes didn't care about the decline in their culture. Maybe Sweden just suffers from low cultural self-esteem.

Majorities in all counties surveyed believed that the environment should be protected even at the expense of the economy. Well, everybody but Indonesia, whose rainforests have been plagued in recent years by illegal loggers.

Weakest supporter of democracy? The Russians, who would rather have a strong leader