This example displays the top 10 most populous countries as a bar chart, deliberately omitting axes to create a "pathetic" minimalist aesthetic. The visualization uses React hooks to manage state and fetch data, while D3 v5’s `scaleBand` and `scaleLinear` handle positioning. Bars are drawn as SVG `<rect>` elements, with country labels and tick marks generated from the scales. The data comes from the United Nations World Population Prospects 2019, loaded via `d3.csv`. The chart intentionally lacks a functional x-axis, rendering only tick lines and values for a raw, unconventional look.