Brady's rage continued in jail for several years, not helped by his pariah status among his fellow prisoners.

BBC: Ian Brady: A fight to die

Ultimately, this led to Iceland getting a pariah status in the financial system.

BBC: Why raising interest rates won't work

Development was spurred when, in the 1970s and 1980s, South Africa took on a pariah status that apartheid added to its geographical isolation: It was to manufacture fuels and chemicals from "indigenous raw materials, " i.e.

FORBES: Overcoming Isolation

Myanmar said it would float its currency, effective Sunday, a long-sought policy change that is expected to make the resource-rich Southeast Asian country more inviting to foreign investors following decades of pariah-nation status.

WSJ: Myanmar Announces Currency Reform