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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. 

Privacy, Spycraft
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NZ participates in US/Canada/UK/Australian spying and information sharing,
including ECHELON, with 2 ECHELON ground sites in NZ. 

Economy
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"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