AS THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK TICKS CLOSER TO GLOBAL CATASTROPHE – YOU MAY HAVE WONDERED WHAT YOU WOULD DO IN THE EVENT OF WORLD COLLAPSE

WELL HITCHING A FLIGHT DOWN UNDER TO AUSTRALIA OR NEW ZEALAND COULD BE YOUR BEST BET FOR SURVIVAL 

THAT’S ACCORDING TO A STUDY PUBLISHED TO THE RISK ANALYSIS JOURNAL. RESEARCHERS COMPARED 38 ISLAND COUNTRIES ON 13 FACTORS WHICH THEY SAY COULD PREDICT SUCCESS AS A POST NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE SURVIVAL STATE 

AUSTRALIA CAME OUT ON TOP WITH THE STUDY CITING ITS RELATIVELY STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY SURPLUS, AND MASSIVE FOOD SUPPLY WITH POTENTIAL TO FEED TENS OF MILLIONS OF EXTRA PEOPLE

RESEARCHERS DID HOWEVER NOTE THE AUSSIES RELATIVELY CLOSE MILITARY TIES WITH THE WEST COULD MAKE THEM A POTENTIAL TARGET IN A NUCLEAR WAR

MEANWHILE NUCLEAR-FREE NEW ZEALAND WAS A TOP PICK THANKS TO ITS REMOTE LOCATION AND OCEANIC SURROUNDINGS, WHICH COULD PROTECT IT FROM EXTREME TEMPERATURES.

THE STUDY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED ICELAND, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, AND VANUATU AS SAFE OPTIONS TO REBOOT CIVILIZATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF A GLOBAL COLLAPSE.

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