Well, yes, actually, New Zealand is the most beautiful country in the world. You saw “Lord of the Rings.” It really looks like that. 

A country the size of California with only 4.5 million people (compared to California’s 30+ million), and most of them in one world-class city, Auckland. Mountains, rivers, glaciers, volcanos and geysers, lakes, fiords, wine country, farm land, rolling hills, islands, beaches, penguins, the Shire. Plus, the people are all super nice. Polite. Friendly and helpful. Rugged and outdoorsy, like an REI ad. It’s a wonderful place. They invented bungee jumping. If they had deserts and tropics, and they’d take me, I’d probably move there.