What's the world's 'most peaceful' country? Iceland. The least peaceful? Iraq.

The USA came in at 97th place out of 140.

 

This is all according to the "Global Peace Index" report from the Economic Intelligence Unit, which I found on Reuters. But it's not just about living in the country - it also factors in that country's activities around the world - U.N. deployments overseas and levels of violent crime, respect for human rights, the number of soldiers killed overseas and arms sales.

 

The G8 came in all over the place: Japan was fifth most peaceful. Canada 11th, Germany 14th, Italy 28th, France 36th and Britain 49th. Russia was in 131st place!

 

So congratulaions to Iceland. I've never been there, and this news still doesn't make me want to go there, to be honest. Probably something to do with the word 'ice' in its name... On the other hand, now I know I really don't want to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Sudan and Somalia - the bottom 5 on the list.