I had to smile. Of course I'm not suggesting bribery is a substitute for building regulations or that villages would get built
right on the top beaches for tidal wave attacks due to corruption. Let me be clear: in no way do I see this as a possibility.
But these people do not worship Jesus. What does The Bible say? There was a time when people did not call upon His name or stir themselves up to take hold of Him. The wretches ignored what wonders God has prepared for those who wait for Him. And just as then, so today. How they warble and ululate for false prophets. Oiling themselves up for a good idolatry session or baying at the moon. If only they remembered!
Isaiah 64:6 We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.