Can you name the countries that have no military?

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Countries with no Military Quiz

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Created by: davidr -
Published: April 20th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 84,608

Tags: Military Quizzes, Country Quizzes

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	Juan:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:35 GMT	61 points
	Hopefully every country can make this list eventually. **** war.

	web250:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:36 GMT	1 point
	St. Vincent should be acceptable...

	JohnJF:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:37 GMT	10 points
	I don't want to make any grand political claims on Sporcle or anything, but you don't often hear about these countries being attacked by others.

	Freddie:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:38 GMT	84 points
	Watch out for that mighty San Marino army...

	davidr:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:42 GMT	33 points
	@JohnJF: Well, the USA invaded Grenada in 1983...

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	Kevin:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:51 GMT	21 points
	The Swiss Guard aren't considered military?

	chambers:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:51 GMT	5 points
	got two bonus answers: monaco and iceland. good idea for a quiz davidr!

	Cheeseknight:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:52 GMT	14 points
	Tough quiz! I legitimately tried for 3.5 minutes and only got two bonus (Monaco, Panama) and two answers (Micronesia and Palau, thanks Survivor).

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	chambers:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:54 GMT	16 points
	apparently 'Iceland does have a 30-person peacekeeping unit, operated by the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs.' (i don't claim this is a military force i just think it's interesting. are they not just police?)

	sub:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:55 GMT	9 points
	@davidr: I thought Grenada did have a military at the time.

	Kicking222:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:56 GMT	2 points
	Heh, I was wondering when this one would show up. As always, way to be, David.

	tonightmatthew:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:58 GMT	3 points
	Got 12, bizarrely missed the 6 most commonly guessed and no others!

	SPU:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 17:58 GMT	2 points
	I missed Haiti and the Solomon Islands and was surprised about it; I thought most would have some need of an army to keep their own countries stable.

	davidr:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:01 GMT	11 points
	@Kevin: The Swiss Guard is the Pope's personal guard, rather than the country's army.

	frey553:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:07 GMT	5 points
	Nice quiz, got a few by guessing locations Survivor has filmed at :-)

	davidr:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:10 GMT	3 points
	@sub: Yes: Grenada's military was disbanded after the U.S. invasion.

	Cyaniona:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:11 GMT	1 point
	Fun quiz! I got Iceland and Panama for bonus answers... Missed loads, but ah well! : D

	Chiaprofessor:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:15 GMT	15 points
	Must learn to spell Liechtenstein.

	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:19 GMT	2 points
	@SPU: I'm sure the fact that Haiti is completely unstable has a lot to do with why they have no military.

	Stoudty:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:20 GMT	4 points
	If it wasnt for survivor and formula one I would have not gotten any

	rahv:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:20 GMT	2 points
	nice quiz :) the hint about defense treaties with the usa was pretty helpful. i wouldn't have thought of the central-american ones otherwise ...

	DrumBum88:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:22 GMT	4 points
	There's a total of 3 bonus answers that I found. The 3 countries with no standing military.

	Kevin:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:25 GMT	26 points
	@Chianerd - haha, this site is the reason I know how to spell Liechtenstein, Herzegovina, and several of the central Asian -stans.

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	cmkeller:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:28 GMT	20 points
	Does Somalia have an official national military? How is that possible, given that there is pretty much no recognized Somali government?

	Kevin:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:28 GMT	5 points
	@davidr - Thanks, I did know that. For some reason, the distinction disappeared in my mind. Maybe because they have to have served in the Swiss military first.

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	shel99:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:36 GMT	1 point
	another interesting geography quiz -- thanks! :) Got 14/18 and am kicking myself for the ones I missed. I did get one bonus.

	Sal_Paradise:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:38 GMT	27 points
	The St. Kitts and Nevisians must have a pretty fearsome army.

	squirrelito:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:46 GMT	22 points
	All will bow before the might of Vanuatu!

	Handrejka:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 18:50 GMT	2 points
	I got 14 which I was quite pleased with. I did consider three of the others I missed Grenada, Haiti and Mauritius) but never would have guessed Costa Rica.

	NoVan:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 19:01 GMT	3 points
	@ared: It's not so much Central America that has defense treaties with the USA- for example, Costa Rica's pacifism dates back to the end of its civil war- rather, several Pacific island nations lice the Marshall Islands are in a Compact of Free Association with America. But hey, if it helped you :)

	davidr:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 19:09 GMT	13 points
	@Chaim M.K.: Somalia has a recognized government and an army. It's just that that government and army don't have much control over the country.

	pbrown:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 19:10 GMT	1 point
	Costa Rica I'm really suprised at.

	davidr:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 19:19 GMT	16 points
	@Sal_Paradise: Random fact of the day: a person from St Kitts is a Kittitian.

	theGrit:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 19:20 GMT	6 points
	Most of these are the same countries I forget about on all of the other geography related quizzes . . .

	Caedus:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 19:48 GMT	65 points
	I always love the name Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Sounds like a Christian rock band

	AddiSnow:	Apr 20th, 2009 at 19:57 GMT	0 points
	@Jack: No army here on Iceland. We have I think 2 ships in the coast guard. @JohnJF: Well, we might not have an army but still we were at war with Britain (which we won thank you very much). But you're right about terrorism. The worst we've seen is milk products slashed on government buildings.