Which country would have the least trouble with Z-day

[Patches]

In all honesty, when you take into account laws and overall civi and millitary ability, which country would have the least trouble with an outbreak, and why.

[BarnabusBlackoak]

Iraq, they're used to slaughtering wholesale numbers of the populance in the street.

[Patches]

I have to say the US simply because of every yahoo with a boom stick (Im saying that being one of said yahoo so no disrespect)

[Cybopath]

Hmm, what about Australia? Based on their population vs space it'd be easier for them to avoid being surrounded by the undead also that blistering heat would surely dry those critter up.

But if the Z virus can spread to other creatures such as crocodiles and spiders it's be a different story.

[zombiekilling101]

Im going with the USA for patches reason. It would also be a problem as well. the katrina people were shooting guns at the rescue choppers..

but imo we have a better police force. UK would come in second cause there people would only have a limited number of firearms for themselves. followed by OZ for cybos reasons.

[Eknytz]

Iraq no doubt, in Iraq almost everyone has an assault rifle, not only that but they literally have tons of people marching around with AK47's and RPG's, not to mention the Coalition military presence there already.

[zombiekilling101]

Iraq no doubt, in Iraq almost everyone has an assault rifle, not only that but they literally have tons of people marching around with AK47's and RPG's, not to mention the Coalition military presence there already.

iraq wouldnt make it. there unorganized.. and turn on each other in an instand. plus the coalition forces wouldnt make a difference.. theyd be too busy trying to kill the guys that are still tyring to kill them.

[Patches]

Pulling troops outa iqaq 101


Marine: is that a goddamned zombie
Ranger: I think so......
Marine: .....Fook this
Iraqi: what about us.
Ranger: yeah, what about you. You should probably try to figure something out.
Marine: Later.

[zombiekilling101]

Pulling troops outa iqaq 101


Marine: is that a goddamned zombie
Ranger: I think so......
Marine: .....Fook this
Iraqi: what about us.
Ranger: yeah, what about you. You should probably try to figure something out.
Marine: Later.


no politics:)

America. Guns, organization...

[Patches]

no politics:)

America. Guns, organization...

never said for or against, i can just promise, any country that we have any presence in will be void and quarantined

[Victor Clark]

I would pick America. Canada and the UK have pretty strict gun restrictions, Russia and China would probably try to nuke one another, and Iraq is bad enough WITHOUT zombies! At least in America I can shoot zombies and loot gas stations like a maniac with plenty of ammo and without being afraid of being blown up.

[Boozbie]

yeah im thinking America because of our of major military presence high rates of gun ownership plus we have alot of space compared to other places and we are a bit more militaristic than other countries.....

im not to sure about how well england and australia would do theres alot of people on this site from both those countries but one thing for sure is china is gonna have some problems huge population private gun ownership is forbidden ive heard they have a major shortage of police can you imagine fighting zombies in a tightly packed oldworld city like that.

[Flyboy]

Agreed on all votes of the US, purely on the basis of gun-per-person. I'd dread to think of us Brits dealing with the problem, as if mad cow disease didn't send us into a panic enough. The police would be too busy arresting celebrities and doing desk work, no one would be able to shoot a member of the undead without some kind of investigation following thereafter.

It's the penpushers you see? They'll be the death of us all. :doh:

[Goge]

I have a question... Why doesn't freezing kill zombies? I mean frozen solid. When they thaw they'd be goo. The water in blood crystallizes, the same for the liquid in the brain and spinal fluid. Anywhere cold would be safe.

I haven't read the book World War Z but what I've read /about/ it they said russia was overrun, canada overrun, the war took multiple years, a lot of it didn't sound very right at all. Anywhere cold would be safe. northern Canada, Russia, Mongolia, Iceland, Greenland... its a big list.

And then everywhere else would be safe when winter comes. It seems to me countries that would be hit the hardest would be places where the temp doesn't reach freezing or doesn't stay cold long enough. Like the southern states and mexico, africa, australia...

Can someone explain why frozen zombies 'unfreeze' and start walking again?

Also... (okay this is getting long, its my first post so I have a lot to ask and get off my chest so to speak)
What does personal gun ownership have to do with survivability? *generalizing* If we are talking walkers a crowbar and quick feet will do you better. If its the runners then they'd be moving to fast and in too large a pack to get a 'clean' headshot so you would use a lot of ammo, more then the common household would have no doubt.

The states is large, regardless of weither they have a high gun ownership ratio there would be a lot of pocket resistance just because of the land mass to population ratio.

[Patches]

Also... (okay this is getting long, its my first post so I have a lot to ask and get off my chest so to speak)
What does personal gun ownership have to do with survivability? *generalizing* If we are talking walkers a crowbar and quick feet will do you better. If its the runners then they'd be moving to fast and in too large a pack to get a 'clean' headshot so you would use a lot of ammo, more then the common household would have no doubt.



well you have to think, are you going to want to get close to a zombie maw, running or otherwise, knowing if 1 gets a hand on you the rest will. anyone i can think of would rather put distance between themselves and a hungry mouth. Besides, if it's running, atleast a good shotgun will be able to keep it at a good distance (a shuffler takes a shot to the knees like any other person) i think i speak for every member of this forum when i say give me a firearm over a gun ..... you're a canuck huh?

[Goge]

I am, I thought personal firearms meant handguns and semi-auto rifles. hunting weapons in Canada are an everyone and thier grandmother afair :) If its distance you want a good polearm for street walking would do the trick. I always thought a pike formation would be the best defence against a zombie horde and a poleaxe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollaxe) as a personal melee weapon.

I just realised I'm not thinking urban zombie fighting. I'm thinking more open, less densly packed areas.

[Patches]

I am, I thought personal firearms meant handguns and semi-auto rifles. hunting weapons in Canada are an everyone and thier grandmother afair :) If its distance you want a good polearm for street walking would do the trick. I always thought a pike formation would be the best defence against a zombie horde and a poleaxe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollaxe) as a personal melee weapon.

I just realised I'm not thinking urban zombie fighting. I'm thinking more open, less densly packed areas.

.....because polearms are easy to come by:)

anyhow, welcome to ATZ. (Should have said that before i cut into you:drool: ) basically im thinking multiple zombies, the feasibility of a firearm goes up inversely to that of a melee weapon with the increase of Hobbler population. Hell, 1 zombie, give me a rapier and im good (quick poke through the eye socket, not a hard shot) now move up to 5, you have to start backpedaling and watching your flanks. Now move up to 10, and i don't care how big someones balls are, melee just doesn't seem that smart compared to a firearm. every run with a melee weapon has to be thought out to your best advantage, like a pool shot (you have to consider your shot and your leave[where the cue ball ends up]) where as with a firearm it's an aim, fire, aim, fire repeat as necissary affair.

i want my risk as close to 0 as possible. Thats the whole idea behind the US military, we're not good due to tech(or spelling), hell, most battles in the field are flat out infantry affairs. We teach every single military man and woman to shoot first and foremost. We out aim, out range, and generally out shoot. We flank, fire, relocate, fire again (We're some dirty fighters if you ever ask a marine or soldier). all and all, im saying that with a rifle you can back off and never be in a static position, yet be just as effective.

[DentFoster]

I picked the US just because we suffer from redneck syndrome.

[Patches]

I picked the US just because we suffer from redneck syndrome.

I've seen a trailor with a .30 cal on top....no lie....i heart rednecks simply because you really can't invade the U.S. because every billy bob would show up on the coast with the whole family (all 37) packing heat.


"You got a pretty mouth, (Insert foreign country here)"

[BarnabusBlackoak]

I picked the US just because we suffer from redneck syndrome.

we don't suffer from it, we enjoy it! Yee ha ! :evil:

[Patches]

"Wel Dat der Dek-ade'n gent-mn be a choo'n aw grams"

do try to decypher the above.....it means that rednecks will save the day

[DocZomby]

I say Canada because of the large amounts of armed citizens (major hunting communities) and lack of likelihood of martial law.

[SurvivalOfTheLeastTasty]

USA all the way!

[Zombie King]

USA all the way!

Yeah right! It would be the French because the French are cool!!! They wouldn't have any problems, unlike us!!! The French are very intelligent and have the strongest men and most beautiful women in the world! Every time I think of the French I :clap:

[SurvivalOfTheLeastTasty]

Yeah right! It would be the French because the French are cool!!! They wouldn't have any problems, unlike us!!! The French are very intelligent and have the strongest men and most beautiful women in the world! Every time I think of the French I :clap:

What are the french going to do, insult the zombies to death?:lol:

[DentFoster]

What are the french going to do, insult the zombies to death?:lol:
LMFAO! :clap:

[the_velociraptor]

Sealand. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand)

(Damn character limit.)

[Boozbie]

Sealand sounds awesome those people have got to have one hell of a weird sense of humor!

I've seen a trailor with a .30 cal on top....no lie....i heart rednecks simply because you really can't invade the U.S. because every billy bob would show up on the coast with the whole family (all 37) packing heat.


"You got a pretty mouth, (Insert foreign country here)"

Yeah America has a totally sweet tradition of backwards dangerousness.

You know where would be totally F'ed up; Africa!

[Zombie_215]

I picked the US just because we suffer from redneck syndrome.


I was going to say something just that! :lol:

[BRAAAAAAINNNNNS]

Max Brooks mentioned that North Korea was the most effective country vs Zees. USA wouldn't be too effective in my opinion because we always want to be Politically Correct and they'd wait too long before they started wiping out the infected. They'd try to help the infected and eventually just spreading the disease more. I can see a Civil war between the Rednecks and the Hippies.
Out of the above mentioned I'd choose Russia because of their climate and how the people are more willing than most to kill their own. WW2 when they would kill their own soldiers who'd retreat.

[Boomstick Buddy]

The U.K. because we would just sit in the bar with some "blunt objects" and wait for the whole thing to blow over :lol: But really the U.K. because of the country side I have seen a full working military base in Yorkshire. (They test and train the tanks around there so no one gets hurt... apart from zombies:evil: )

[Eknytz]

I'm telling you, iraq all the way.
im tired of u people with your 2nd amendment pride saying "us americans will shoot all them zombies" and soo overconfident, seriously who would do better against a zombie

This terrorist
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/pubfiles/iraq-pk.jpg
or this american
http://iron-horse.us/graphics/chukar/big_gun.jpg

and just so you know im not saying this because i dont like america, im american.

[SurvivalOfTheLeastTasty]

I'm telling you, iraq all the way.
im tired of u people with your 2nd amendment pride saying "us americans will shoot all them zombies" and soo overconfident, seriously who would do better against a zombie

This terrorist
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/pubfiles/iraq-pk.jpg
or this american
http://iron-horse.us/graphics/chukar/big_gun.jpg

and just so you know im not saying this because i dont like america, im american.

I think the typical American is alot closer to that hunter than the typical Iraqi is to that terrorist. You should have a picture of an Iraqi terrorist next to a picture of an American soldier.

[Groth]

I say America for the sheer fact of all the Southern boys with 2 shotguns and all those guns. not to mention their knowledge of farming and what not. Then there's the tall buildings which could be used for safe houses if made up the right way.

[buttlock]

any country with an incredibly cold climate. also, Australia. Close off all entries into the country and move the citizens into underground bunkers in the desert. And groth: Im from teh south and i dont know a hoe from a ho. so the odds of me being able to farm successfully are slim to none.

[mazlionheart]

I have said china - maybe I am wrong in thinking this but they appear to be the strong silent type as we know very little about the way they fight...

[mattifikation]

china would be overwhelmed completely, their huge population would be impossible to save, or quarantine. i think china would do the worst out of all of them.

iraq would do the best, i think. they know how to live a life of warfare and hardship, they know how to survive when resources are scarce, and they aren't overly dependant on technology.

[Patches]

OOOoooooh, and with the polls closed it looks like America takes it with a strong showing of 48%

well, i guess we'll just have to wait to see if the poll holds true on z-day


Until then, thanks for playing ladies and Gents

*strolls down the street, lightly singing Billy Squire-My Kinda Lover*

[retro zombie killler]

I thinks these countries would do the best in order of defense against Zed.
United States Of America
Canada
Great Britain
Australia
Germany
Austria