def prepare_country_stats(oecd_bli, gdp_per_capita):
oecd_bli = oecd_bli[oecd_bli["INEQUALITY"]=="TOT"]
oecd_bli = oecd_bli.pivot(index="Country", columns="Indicator", values="Value")
gdp_per_capita.rename(columns={"2015": "GDP per capita"}, inplace=True)
gdp_per_capita.set_index("Country", inplace=True)
full_country_stats = pd.merge(left=oecd_bli, right=gdp_per_capita,
left_index=True, right_index=True)
full_country_stats.sort_values(by="GDP per capita", inplace=True)
remove_indices = [0, 1, 6, 8, 33, 34, 35]
keep_indices = list(set(range(36)) - set(remove_indices))
return full_country_stats[["GDP per capita", 'Life satisfaction']].iloc[keep_indices