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+New Zealand
+================
+
+Justice System
+----------------
+
+203 prisoners per 100k, vs. 760 for USA and 55 for Iceland.
+
+Military
+-------------
+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.
+
+Privacy, Spycraft
+-------------------
+
+NZ participates in US/Canada/UK/Australian spying and information sharing,
+including ECHELON, with 2 ECHELON ground sites in NZ.
+
+Economy
+------------
+"Westpac CEO gets $5.4m [NZD] pay packet [...] The figure likely makes him the
+highest paid CEO in New Zealand this year." (2011; roughly $4.2m USD)
+
+http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/5962549/Westpac-CEO-gets-5-4m-pay-packet
+