[water8]

Well when tax is zero and there is no military to protect your assets thereby making them worthless as they are stolen. So perhaps there is a "too low"

[mangoTangoBango]

Costa Rica does not have a military (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Force_of_Costa_Rica) and yet there are still assets.

[lern_too_spel]

Two things:

GP is clearly referring to a police force to protect assets.

Costa Rica's police are used as a military force. https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20...