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Shockingly, even the smallest micro-states participate in surveillance of non-citizens.

> San Marino

Is 23 square miles of land with a population of 33K and is land-locked by Italy. Even still -- as a tiny micro-state land-locked by a friendly NATO and EU member state -- San Marino participates in foreign surveillance in a variety of ways; e.g., a member of the Customs union it collaborates with Europol on counter-terrorism.

> Tuvalu

Is 10 square miles with 10K people, and even then collaborates with a Five Eyes nation on maritime surveillance.

> Costa Rica

Unlike the other two examples, Costa Rica is a reasonably sized country. Like other countries which are not tiny micro-states, Costa Rica has its own dedicated intelligence agency independent of collaborative agreements/treaties. It additionally collaborates with both INTERPOL and western intelligence agencies.




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