No, I've lived in Ontario, Canada for most of my life, growing up here. I still have family and friends living in Croatia. I've visited quite a few times. As far as I know, things are not as crazy there as they are here. They have rules that are quite largely ignored. I think that's a left over of the communist times: people had to know how to survive without fully complying. I do however see a battle for the souls of the people. Their media is non stop propaganda but they also have quite a strong and outspoken resistance.