It made itself the world's fifth-largest industrial economy.

But it is more satisfying and fun, he said, "to drive change" in the fifth-largest economy in the world.

This party lineup does not augur well for Italians who yearn for good government fit to run the world's fifth-largest economy.

"This is the fifth-largest economy in the world," she said, "and there are no realistic concerns about payment."

Since then it has served continuously as the center of government for what is now the world's fifth-largest economy.

Of today's 25 member nations, the Dutch have the fifth-largest economy and, with 16 million people, rank seventh in population.

France, the world's fifth-largest economy and one of the most powerful countries on earth, is a democracy - and a pretty feisty one at that.

Italy has propelled itself to the rank of the world's fifth-largest economy only with the help of an underground business network that does not pay taxes.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is running for governor of a state with 34 million people and the world's fifth-largest economy.

We are the fourth-largest military power on the planet and the fifth-largest economy.