2. Relative Size of the Military—Who’s Incurring the Largest Opportunity Cost? To obtain military goods, a nation must sacrifice civilian goods. Of course, that sacrifice may be worthwhile in terms of national defence and protection of national interests. Go to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agencies Web site www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

country.html to determine the amount of military expenditures and military expenditures as a percentage of GDP, for each of the following five nations: Canada, Japan, North Korea, Russia, and the United States. Who is bearing the greatest opportunity costs?