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HPsquaredtoday at 8:15 PM4 repliesview on HN

Especially government of a small, homogenous country with massive oil wealth in a peaceful part of the world. It's very much "easy mode" as far as governments go.


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throwaway2037today at 9:32 PM

    > homogenous country
This is widely misunderstood about modern Norway. Twenty years ago, yes, it may have been true. Today, the population is about 17.5% foreign born. As a point of comparison, the United States is about 15% foreign born.
dansotoday at 9:46 PM

Just came back from traveling through Norway, and from my perspective as a Chicagoan, Oslo and Bergen definitely did not look or feel homogeneous.

throwaway894345today at 8:20 PM

Ah yes, massive oil wealth, that famously strong predictor of good governance.

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GeoAtreidestoday at 8:30 PM

>homogenous country

must you whistle so loud, i'm deaf now

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