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1. davedonelson
   July 2nd, 2008 at 6:00 am

   Zimbabwe is a perfectly happy place because you don’t have to worry about a job, food, health care, money, human rights, or the future–there isn’t any.

   Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds

2. bean
   July 2nd, 2008 at 8:17 am

   If they started 17 years ago, that was around the time the Soviet Union officially disbanded. The article doesn’t so much as mention Communism, but there are at least a few former Soviet countries that are happier now (Georgia, Czech Republic, Lithuania).

3. CheeseDuck
   July 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 am

   I love the mountains
   I love the clear blue skies
   I love big bridges
   I love when great whites fly
   I love the whole world
   And all its sights and sounds
   Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da
   Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da
   I love the oceans
   I love real dirty things
   I love to go fast
   I love Egyptian kings
   I love the whole world
   And all its craziness
   Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da
   Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da
   I love tornadoes
   I love arachnids
   I love hot magma
   I love the giant squids
   I love the whole world
   It’s such a brilliant place
   Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da
   Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da
   Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da
   Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da
   Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da

4. l'elk!
   July 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 am

   the world? i think you mean the human species.

5. Warenwirtschaft
   July 2nd, 2008 at 9:13 am

   I havent found a list of all countries and their positions on your linked article. Am i blind?
   Would be interesting what the other top-countries are.
   And doing a cross-reference with average income etc.

6. Tiny Dancer
   July 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 am

   Curious as to where Canada ranked, I went looking for more info, too. All roads lead to the World Values Survey (http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/) where you’ll find volumes of data to salivate over, but no real “list” that I could find. The most recent ranking I could find was here (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lif_hap_net-lifestyle-happiness-net  ), a very comprehensive survey site.

7. Tiny Dancer
   July 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 am

   Curious as to where Canada ranked, I went looking for more info, too. All roads lead to the World Values Survey (www.worldvaluessurvey.org/) where you’ll find volumes of data to salivate over, but no real “list” that I could find. The most recent ranking I could find was here (www.nationmaster.com/graph/lif_hap_net-lifestyle-happiness-net), a very comprehensive survey site.

8. Tiny Dancer
   July 2nd, 2008 at 10:09 am

   Sorry about that! I thought the first version was rejected, so I tossed the http and reposted. My bad.

9. prophet
   July 2nd, 2008 at 6:59 pm

   I couldn´t see the whole ranking.

10. MoonCake
    July 3rd, 2008 at 7:09 am

    but is this GENUINE happiness? or could it be due to the fact that hedonism is a social norm these days?

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