Looking for happiness? Don't go to Kuwait.

According to the 2012 Happy Planet Index, out of 151 countries researched, Kuwait came in at 143! ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE out of 151!

Lebanese politicians, more than others, are constantly under threats of assassination and other bodily harm. Only recently both the leaders of the FPM and the LF have claimed that they were subject to assassination attempts. It is a rule that the higher the risk of a job, the higher the salary.

After the war, the army honored Elias Hanna, awarding him several valor medals. He got the privilege of standing next to his idol, Hafez Assad, and being introduced on state-TV as a national hero.

Shortly after that, a security officer wrote a report saying the man had cursed the leadership, accusing it of treason.
He was promptly arrested and handed over to Military Intelligence in Damascus.