For many years Costa Rica has been an example of stability against the back drop of the other Central American countries.
It is the only country on the isthmus between the Americas to rank on the list of the worlds twenty two oldest democracies.
The countries levels of health care, education, public safety, equality and environmental friendliness are also very good.
In recent years the countries social democracy has become strained and the new president has set herself the task of addressing this situation.
One of her first goal is to regulate the taxation of online Poker web sites based in Costa Rica. This section is infamously under taxed and a significant extra income for the government can be realized here.