Today I want to introduce you to a very friendly, rich and happy country. Here still 80% of the territory is not inhabited by people, the country has almost no paper money, Just 10 years ago, the internet was 97% of the population, there is no army or navy. here you can often see unlocked house doors, keys on car seats and children in wheelchairs, left unattended at the entrance to a cafe, bar or store.
There is no McDonald's, no casino, but there is a quality education, for which you don't have to pay, and the same gratuitous energy for people. The country is guarded only by border guards, and policemen do not have guns on them. That way, children can walk peacefully by themselves. There are very few insects and absolutely no mosquitoes or even forests. Perhaps this is the only place on Earth where even the most cowardly tourist can break a tent in the dearest wilderness and sleep quietly. The water is so clean that it gets into the kitchen faucets without any pre-cleaning or filtration.
This is a country with 100% literacy, and also a world leader in the sale of books per capita. For many years, this miracle country is annually one of the top ten countries with a better standard of living.
Such a place exists, it is not a fairy tale or fiction. It is enough to get here once and really understand that this is a reality that is closer than we thought!
This is Iceland.
Global Finance Magazine presented the ranking of the safest countries on the planet in 2019. The first place was taken by Iceland.
Experts calculated the security index of countries on a number of parameters, including the possibility of war, the level of crime and personal safety of residents, the level of economic development and the probability of natural disasters.
Following Iceland in the ranking is Switzerland, closes the top three leaders Finland. Also in the first twenty are such countries as Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, etc.
The U.S. was only in 65th place due to a high level of violent crime. And Russia became the 108th. Experts attribute this to the economic downturn and increased danger of the state to the global community.
Iceland is a proud and bold western country. This image took shape long before the national soccer team's success - in the 20th century, a small island country managed to bend the entire NATO bloc several times, blackmailing London and Washington by establishing relations with the Soviet Union. If during the Cold War, everything was based on fishing, ten years ago Iceland managed to just don't care about all European partners, to whom the republic owed billions of euros.
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