There is no point of having security, if life is shit.
The positive side of being poor- thieves are maybe less likely to risk stealing from really poor.
I also remember a joke/statement that went something like this...
Thieves took my wallet. Checked it then placed a 100 eur inside and returned the wallet to me.
One of the reasons why I have not went to a watch a basketball game in years is because I fear that someone can steal my wallet/ phone while I will watch a game. This fear is weird because that never happened to me in the past...
Not in terms of a country. When people are worth less than the land, a country is easily attacked. If people are the wealth and value of a country, attacking it means destroying what is valuable.
That is a weird fear, especially since you can just do things to ensure that your wallet and phone are safe :D