How Happy Are You...Nationally?

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This story is facinating, it reveals the factors which make up a happy nation and that even though governments focus on economic growth, citizens are actually happier when they're healthier (wow!  who'd have guessed?!)

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/28072006/2/xhealth-canada-10th-world-happiness-map-called-reality-check-west.html

And the university site with the full ranking of countries in the study:

http://www.le.ac.uk/psychology/aw57/world/sample.html

It also has an interactive map, and you know how fun those can be!