Time for an invasion, boys! First Costa Rica and then Iceland!
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2024
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No need for arms. Already being invaded by welthy gentrifying from the North. Most locals can't afford coastal properties any longer.
Damn not the beachfront properties.
Actually there was a time when some wealthy American businessmen hired a private army and tried to take the country over. They succeeded in conquering Nicaragua but the Costa Ricans fought them off. This is the basis of their main national holiday.
*Rico
Suave? No, that was Ecuador.
Costa Rica is the only country in the world whose constitution forbids a national army. Instead, they make do with 560 varieties of butterflies, 830 species of birds and 1200 kinds of orchid. Isn't that the kind of country you'd like to live in?
-- Stephen Fry in the first series of QI.
Fun fact: the United States doesn't have a permanent standing Army either. At least, according to the Constitution it doesn't.
I don’t think it is typical for a nation’s armies to be constitutionally prescribed, just in this case their constitution explicitly forbids it.
Most of them are sitting or laying down
How much oil does Costa Rica have?
*Costco