What a Surprise! Iceland is the most peaceful country on earth and it continued to keep its position for 8 years in a row ( since the inception of the peace index) . NZ and Austria are 2nd and 3rd respectively. As it was described, many factors play a role such as incarceration rates, military spendings, gun laws, corruption, and occurrence of crimes. It’s always funny when Philip refers to the USA as the Failed States of America and on this conversation, the USA fared so badly ranking 100+ out of 136 countries.