While plenty of nations around the world like to boast about their superior military strength,

not every country has a high-powered defensive force.

Some countries either can't afford or simply don't want a strong military presence on their home soil,

and the results are guaranteed to raise a few eyebrows.

So which countries have the weakest armies in the world? Let's find out.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening to be amazed.

The Republic of North Macedonia is a small landlocked country in the Balkan Peninsula.

It was originally called Macedonia, but they had to change their official name in 2019

after an ideological dispute with the Greeks who accused the country of appropriating symbols that are part of ancient Greek culture.

It has a population of just over 2 million people across a space that

could fit into the USA over 380 times. With that in mind, it's not too surprising that the USA

has a slightly bigger defense budget. And by slightly, I mean it's nearly 7,000 times

Macedonia's budget. The $108 million North Macedonia spends on military efforts makes up just 0.85% of its annual GDP.

That's pretty low compared to the European average of 1.3% and the USA's whopping 3.4%.

Especially considering North Macedonia has a history of conflict with neighboring Albania.

Nevertheless, this relatively small amount allows the army of the Republic of North Macedonia

to maintain at least some semblance of the land army and air force. Seeing as it isn't near the sea,

it doesn't have any naval capabilities, but it does have 14 transport helicopters

and four attack helicopters. Powered by just 13,000 military personnel, 5,000 of which are reserves.

It seems North Macedonia won't be taking the world by force any time soon. After all, when it

comes to war, there's power in numbers. But while the Macedonians keep their military spending humble, they spend it well,

by flying Santa Claus into the Skopje International Airport via military helicopter every year.

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