Iceland Tops Most Peaceful nation List in the world

According to the nonprofit Institute for Economics and Peace, the thinly populated island in the midst of the North Atlantic has retained its place as the most peaceful country in the world.The institute released its Global Peace Index for 2015this week, which ranks 162 nations around the globebased on factors like the level of violent crime, involvement in conflicts and the degree of militarization.
Six out of the top 10 most peaceful countries were European, with Denmark and Austria holding the second and third spots.
"Europe maintained its position as the most peaceful region in the world, supported by a lack of domestic and external conflicts," the report said.
But that glowing review is helped by the fact that violence-plagued Ukraine is lumped into a different region: Russia and Eurasia.