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Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by sqeaky on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:01PM (#13777096)
That does not seem like a long term plan for keeping a country.

It would need to be paired with expert diplomacy at a minimum. I can think a few countries with no military Costa Rica and Lichtenstein. Costa Rica defers to allies in time of conflict and Lichtenstein just pays another country for their military.

According to wikipedia most are island nations and get to rely on the ocean and vast distance for safety: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_without_arme...

It doesn't seem like anyone simply cedes territory and gets to stay a country.

Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by Arizhel on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:49PM (#13777560)
They don't, that's kinda the point. The idea is to place the blame on the people.