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New Zealand
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Justice System
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203 prisoners per 100k, vs. 760 for USA and 55 for Iceland.
Military
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2.3/2.8% of population is active/total military, vs. 5.1/9.8% in the USA. 1% of
GDP (NZ 1.7 billion) vs. 4.7% ($692 billion) for USA.
Sent some troops for Afghanistan War, sent engineers but not soldiers to Iraq.
#2 in "Global Peace Index", USA #82/153.
During the Vietnam War, Agent Orange chemicals were produced in New Zealand and
shipped to US forces in Vietnam.
NZ participates in US/Canada/UK/Australian spying and information sharing,
including ECHELON, with 2 ECHELON ground sites in NZ.
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