7 Countries with No Military Forces

Costa Rica

This country did once have a formal standing army, but now it doesn’t. This is because José Figueres Ferrer (the President) signed a legislation on December 1, 1948, to put an end to all military forces after the deadly civil war in Costa Rica (2000 casualties). To make this legislation prominent to everyone, the President himself destructed a wall of the army headquarters. Right now, Costa Rica has the Fuerza Pública that deals with all law enforcement, border patrolling and ground security issues along with typical police force duties. So who is protecting it? The signing of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance in 1947 enabled Costa Rica to obtain military assistance from any of the 21 nations in any form.