OBJECTIVE:

End conflicts by increasing each nation's GDP and export capacity, reduce trade deficits and improve agriculture production, education, health care and standards of living.

BTUBank METHODS:

Start with infrastructure: energy, agriculture, education and employment, assisting each nation with building their own renewable energy facilities.

Note: the term "peaceful" does not imply a democratic, free standard of living or absence of government repression

• Afghanistan - Occupied by foreign troops - widespread domestic conflicts with warlords and Taliban remnants

• Albania - Generally peaceful

• Algeria - Domestic terrorist occurrences by repressed Islamic fundamentalists. Widespread civil disturbances by repressed Berber minority.

• Andorra - Peaceful

• Angola - Generally peaceful

• Antigua and Barbuda - Peaceful

• Argentina - Generally peaceful with infrequent incidents of domestic terrorism

• Armenia - In hostile stalemate with Azerbaijan over occupied Nagorno-Karabakh territories - occasional crossborder skirmishes with Azerbaijan

• Australia - Generally peaceful with isolated incidents of inter-ethnic unrest and violence

• Austria - Peaceful

• Azerbaijan - In hostile stalement with Armenia over occupied Nagorno-Karabkh territories - occasional crossborder skirmishes with Armenia.

• Bahamas - Peaceful

• Bahrain - Generally peaceful

• Bangladesh - Frequent occurrences of civil unrest along political lines - frequent occurrences of domestic terrorism

• Barbados - Peaceful

• Belarus - Generally peaceful with infrequent occurrences of domestic unrest

• Belgium - Peaceful

• Belize - Peaceful

• Benin - Generally peaceful

• Bhutan - Military has engaged rebel groups based out of India

• Bolivia - Regular occurrences of civil unrest esp by indigenous groups

• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Occupied by European Union troops - regular occurrences of inter-ethnic fighting

• Botswana - Peaceful

• Brazil - Regular occurrences of civil unrest esp. in undeveloped areas as well as high-crime urban areas

• Brunei - Peaceful

• Bulgaria - Peaceful

• Burkina Faso - Border regions have been used by warring factions in Liberia and Cote D'Ivoire

• Burundi - Occupied by UN troops - several armed rebel groups (primarily ethnic Hutus) still contend with government forces

• Cambodia - Generally peaceful although threatened by serious political instability and organized crime syndicates

• Cameroon - Localized armed clashes along border with Nigeria

• Canada - Peaceful

• Cape Verde - Peaceful

• Central African Republic - Violent coup earlier this year - several incidents of violence between mercenaries and domestic population, cross-border fighting with several nations

• Chad - Ongoing civil war - spillover violence from neighboring Sudan in border areas

• Chile - Peaceful

• China - Regular occurrences of inter-ethnic unrest and violence

• Colombia - Ongoing civil war

• Comoros - Generally peaceful in 2004 but member islands perpetually on the verge of civil war

• Congo (Brazzaville) - Ongoing low-level civil war - several armed insurgency groups - spillover violence from conflict in DR Congo

• Congo, DR (Kinshasa) - Occupied by UN troops - incursions by militaries from neighboring countries, particular Rwanda and Uganda - widespread civil war, insurgencies, domestic unrest and inter-ethnic fighting

• Costa Rica - Peaceful

• Croatia - Generally peaceful

• Cuba - Generally peaceful

• Cyprus - South is generally peaceful but self-declared independent Turkish northern zone still not integrated

• Czech Republic - Peaceful

• Côte d'Ivoire - Occupied by French and UN troops - ongoing civil war - frequent inter-ethnic unrest

• Denmark - Declared war on Iraq 2001 as the only country.

• Djibouti - Generally peaceful

• Dominica - Peaceful

• Dominican Republic - Minor incidents of civil unrest

• East Timor - Occupied by UN troops - generally peaceful

• Ecuador - Regular occurrences of civil unrest esp by indigenous groups

• Egypt - Generally peaceful with isolated incidents of domestic terrorism

• El Salvador - Generally peaceful

• Equatorial Guinea - Generally peaceful but gov't was nearly toppled by violent coup

• Eritrea - Continued skirmishes with Ethiopia - regular occurrences of inter-ethnic violence esp amongst refugees

• Estonia - Generally peaceful

• Ethiopia - Continued skirmishes with Eritrea - regular occurrences of inter-ethnic violence esp amongst refugees

• Fiji - Generally peaceful with minor incidents of inter-ethnic unrest and violence

• Finland - Peaceful

• France - Ongoing violence with Basque and Corsican separatists - frequent occurrences of inter-religious unrest

• Gabon - Generally peaceful but occupied by French troops - some civil unrest over distribution of income from petroleum

• Gambia, The - Generally peaceful but has seen sporadic violence along political lines

• Georgia - Occupied by Russian troops - ongoing civil war against self-declared regions of Abkhazia and S. Ossetia

• Germany - Generally peaceful but marred by inter-ethnic violence

• Ghana - Generally peaceful but affected by refugees from conflicts in neighboring countries (esp. Liberia)

• Greece - Generally peaceful with isolated incidents of domestic terrorism

• Grenada - Peaceful

• Guatemala - Widespread violent criminal activity

• Guinea - Political instability - some inter-ethnic violence - large numbers of refugees from neighboring countries

• Guinea-Bissau - Generally peaceful after 2003 coup

• Guyana - Regular occurrences of inter-ethnic violence

• Haiti - Suffered coup in February - occupied by UN troops - regular incidents of domestic unrest and violence

• Honduras - Widespread violent criminal activity - some paramilitary organizations still in operation

• Hungary - Peaceful

• Iceland - Extremely Peaceful

• India - More than 20 ongoing civil wars - skirmishes with Pakistan military and paramilitary groups esp in Kashmir - widespread civil unrest and inter-ethnic violence

• Indonesia - Two ongoing major civil wars and several other smaller ones

• Iran - Generally peaceful

• Iraq - Occupied by foreign troops - widespread domestic unrest and violence

• Ireland - Peaceful

• Israel (non-Occupied territories) - Regular occurrences of domestic and foreign terrorism - occasional skirmishes with Lebanese forces

• Israel (Occupied Territories/Palestine) - Nearly non-stop occurrences of clashes between Israel and Arab population

• Italy - Generally peaceful but marred by violent criminal activity esp. in Naples region

• Jamaica - Widespread violent criminal activity

• Japan - Peaceful

• Jordan - Generally peaceful

• Kazakhstan - Generally peaceful

• Kenya - Generally peaceful but occasional occurrences of widespread civil unrest esp. along political lines

• Kiribati - Peaceful

• Korea, North - Generally peaceful but on verge of war with several nations

• Korea, South - Generally peaceful with occasional widespread civil unrest esp. along political lines

• Kuwait - Peaceful

• Kyrgyzstan - Generally peaceful

• Laos - Frequent occurrences of domestic terrorism esp. in capital (Vientiane)

• Latvia - Generally peaceful

• Lebanon - Occupied by Syrian troops - occasional skirmishes with Israel

• Lesotho - Generally peaceful

• Liberia - Occupied by African Union troops - widespread civil unrest

• Libya - Generally peaceful

• Liechtenstein - Peaceful

• Lithuania - Generally peaceful

• Luxembourg - Peaceful

• Macedonia - Frequent occurrences of inter-ethnic violence and unrest

• Madagascar - Generally peaceful

• Malawi - Generally peaceful but with very fragile political situation

• Malaysia - Generally peaceful

• Maldives - Generally peaceful

• Mali - Generally peaceful

• Malta - Generally peaceful with infrastructure disturbances from large numbers of illegal immigrants attempting to enter EU

• Marshall Islands - Peaceful

• Mauritania - Suffered coup in 2003 and attempted coups in 2004 - remants of human slave trade still exist

• Mauritius - Peaceful

• Mexico - Generally peaceful with intermittent violent criminal activity - a fragile peace exists in the south between armed insurgencies and gov't

• Micronesia - Peaceful

• Moldova - Stalemate with self-declared independent area of Transdniester, which is home to Russian troops - regular occurrences of civil unrest along political lines

• Monaco - Peaceful

• Mongolia - Generally peaceful

• Morocco - Occupies Western Sahara - has isolated acts of domestic terrorism

• Mozambique - Generally peaceful despite some civil unrest along political lines

• Myanmar - Generally peaceful despite some Indian armed groups staging along border areas - occasional inter-ethnic civil unrest

• Namibia - Generally peaceful

• Nauru - Generally peaceful with some instability due to Australia using nation to host unwanted refugees

• Nepal - Ongoing civil war between Marxist insurgents and gov't forces

• Netherlands - Generally peaceful but with increasing inter-religious tension and hostility

• New Zealand - Peaceful with minor incidents of inter-ethnic unrest

• Nicaragua - Generally peaceful

• Niger - Generally peaceful

• Nigeria - Numerous civil insurgencies and violent inter-ethnic conflicts - widespread inter-ethnic and inter-religious civil unrest

• Norway - Peaceful

• Oman - Generally peaceful

• Pakistan - Ongoing inter-religious violent conflicts - gov't has been engaged in frequent low-level warfare with ethnic minorities in west and north - occasional skirmishes between military and/or militias with Indian forces in Kashmir

• Palau - Generally peaceful

• Panama - Generally peaceful

• Papua New Guinea - Descending into civil war - widespread violent criminal activity - widespread inter-ethnic tension and unrest - armed insurgency groups from Indonesia enter border areas

• Paraguay - Frequent civil unrest - widespread violent criminal activity

• Peru - Generally peaceful with frequent civil unrest

• Philippines - Several armed insurgencies - numerous incidents of domestic terrorism - numerous incidents of violence along political lines - widespread inter-religious civil unrest

• Poland - Generally peaceful

• Portugal - Generally peaceful but with fragile political stability

• Qatar - Generally peaceful

• Romania - Generally peaceful

• Russia - Several civil wars, particularly in Chechnya - widespread civil unrest - widespread inter-ethnic violence and unrest

• Rwanda - Involved in armed conflicts ongoing in DR Congo - widespread inter-ethnic unrest

• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Generally peaceful

• Saint Lucia - Generally peaceful

• Saint Vincent and The Grenadines - Generally peaceful but with increasingly widespread violent criminal activity

• Samoa - Peaceful

• San Marino - Peaceful

• Sao Tome and Principe - Generally peaceful

• Saudi Arabia - Frequent occurrences of domestic terrorism - infrequent incidents of inter-religious unrest

• Senegal - Has troops in DR Congo, Liberia and Kosovo - ongoing but fading civil war in the south - numerous incidents of inter-ethnic violence and unrest

• Serbia and Montenegro - Partially occupied by UN and EU troops - very frequent occurrences of violent criminal activity, inter-religious and inter-ethnic violence in Kosovo

• Seychelles - Generally peaceful

• Sierra Leone - Occupied by UN and ECOWAS troops - is just now recovering from civil war - political situation is extremely fragile

• Singapore - Generally peaceful

• Slovakia - Generally peaceful

• Slovenia - Peaceful

• Solomon Islands - Occupied by Australian troops - widespread inter-ethnic unrest

• Somalia - Ongoing insurgency in north (Somaliland) - political stability is extremely fragile - widespread violent criminal activity

• South Africa - Generally peaceful but urban areas face widespread violent criminal activity

• Spain - Armed insurgency in Basque north - occasional incidents of domestic terrorism

• Sri Lanka - Ongoing civil war - numerous incidents of domestic terrorism - widespread inter-ethnic unrest

• Sudan - At least three ongoing civil wars, esp in Darfur - very frequent inter-ethnic and inter-religious violence

• Suriname - Generally peaceful

• Swaziland - Generally peaceful

• Sweden - Generally peaceful with infrequent but increasing inter-ethnic tension due to large refugee population

• Switzerland - Very peaceful

• Syria - Has 17,000 troops stationed in Lebanon - occasional inter-ethnic violence and unrest

• Taiwan - Generally peaceful

• Tajikistan - Generally peaceful but is partially occupied by Russian troops

• Tanzania - Generally peaceful but with isolated violence along political lines

• Thailand - Frequent occurrences of inter-religious violence

• Togo - Generally peaceful

• Tonga - Peaceful

• Trinidad and Tobago - Widespread violent criminal activity

• Tunisia - Generally peaceful

• Turkey - Armed insurgency in Kurdish southeast

• Turkmenistan - Generally peaceful

• Tuvalu - Peaceful

• Uganda - Armed insurgency in north - has troops and/or militias involved in conflicts in Sudan and DR Congo

• Ukraine - Generally peaceful but political stability is extremely fragile

• United Arab Emirates - Generally peaceful

• United Kingdom - Is involved in 2 full-scale wars - occasional inter-ethnic unrest

• United States - Involved in 2 full-scale wars plus has troops involved in a dozen smaller conflicts - minor incidents of civil unrest

• Uruguay - Generally peaceful

• Uzbekistan - Frequent occurrences of domestic terrorism

• Vanuatu - Generally peaceful but political stability is somewhat fragile

• Vatican City - Peaceful

• Venezuela - Generally peaceful but political stability is somewhat fragile

• Vietnam - Frequent occurrences of inter-ethnic violence

• Western Sahara - Civil war with Polisario (some nattions suggest the Western Sahara is occupied by Moroccan troops)

• Yemen - Fought armed insurgency in north - regular occurrences of domestic terrorism

• Zambia - Generally peaceful

• Zimbabwe - Widespread inter-ethnic violence - the gov't controls food supply to starve political opponents