Tried Canadian Helicopters last year.....never got an answer from them.....(maybe because i am not a native Canadian citizen.....)
Forget thinking about the country.....it is never the country that kills you-but the people living there..
Afghanistan still is a "war zone" (I prefer "combat zone", but the outcome is the same)...
Nigeria is not at war (officially), but there are a lot of places you should never go.........(but there are areas in most big western cities i would never go because it is too dangerous)...
So the big question was already posted:
Who are you going to work for?
What kind of missions are you going to fly?