Do Centrist Politics Make for Happy Lives?

According to a survey by the market research firm GfK NOP (no idea what that stands for!), the half- dozen countries with the most people who describe themselves as happy are, from the top:

1. Australia
2. United States
3. Egypt
4. India
5. Great Britain, tied with
5. Canada

Now, don't ask the Centrist to explain how Egypt got in there. But I can't help but note that Australia and the United States are two of the more religious countries in the West; and the U.S., Australia, India, Great Britain and even Canada are more conservative, politically, than most of the West European nations - which is really to say that all have rather moderate politics.

As Drudge might say... developing.