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For a country to exist, it needs a military or an ally with one. It's easy to have no military, as long as you don't mind being completely controlled by a coun
by dwheeler 3y ago
For a country to exist, it needs a military or an ally with one.
It's easy to have no military, as long as you don't mind being completely controlled by a country with one.
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- jkmcf 3y agoTL;DR: Costa Rica has no threatening armies around it, so they don't need one. https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2ycu1f/comment/cp8kmmk/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2ycu1f/c... There's also a bit about Panama being chill (possibly because of all the business generated by the canal), and Nicaragua basically held in place by international law.