Americans, less so:

Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world, researchers said on Monday. Zimbabwe, torn by political and social strife, is the least happy, while the world’s richest nation, the United States, ranks 16th.

I suppose money can’t buy everything. But look what other countries are happy:

Puerto Rico and Colombia also rank highly, along with Northern Ireland, Iceland, Switzerland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada and Sweden.

Respectively: rum, cocaine, whiskey, vodka, cheese, whiskey, weed, maple syrup and hot blond women.

Yeah, I’d be pretty happy in most of those places too. But as a researcher noted:

“Though by no means the happiest country in the world, from a global perspective the United States looks pretty good”

Damned right.

And a little ADP to go along with the theme:

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