Scientists reveal 7 countries best placed to survive global societal collapse
Scientific studies have identified seven island nations, including New Zealand and Iceland, as the most resilient locations to survive a potential global societal collapse. These nations were ranked based on their food production, energy independence, and geographic isolation.
Why it matters
The research provides a theoretical framework for understanding national resilience in the face of extreme global environmental or systemic crises.
With countries fighting wars and natural calamities sweeping away civilisations, it seems a global collapse might be a spark away. But the possibility of entire humanity vanishing off the face of Earth seems a little less plausible with the years of effort we have spent preparing solutions for such situations. However, not everyone can be saved. The situation seems like a classic battleground for Charles Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. But who is the fittest of them all? Which countries will be able to survive famines, earthquakes and anything that comes their way?Two peer-reviewed studies identified a group of seven island nations that are the most resilient in terms of maintaining a society or food production during extreme global collapse scenarios, as per a report by Daily Galaxy.
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