North Korea seemed to be perfectly equipped to fight the zombie war, especially when compared to South Korea, Chang says, where they had the freedom to dissent and many chose to exercise it. Even in the U.S., D’Ambrosia explains in an earlier section, the citizenry would have been opposed to spending more on soldiers and war, which was a reason why the Joint Chiefs didn’t consider it at the time. The situation in North Korea raises an interesting question: if the citizens of a nation had no freedom, would that nation have a thorough and carefully planned reaction to a crisis, or would it lead to a situation of complete chaos?