Quote Originally Posted by DryCleaning View Post
with all due respect Norway has as much oil as the UK but with a tenth of the population. That's why they are rich. They have a sovereign pension fund worth in excess of £150k per capita. But yes, adopting social democracy in its various forms has certainly helped. its no surprise the nordic countries are always top or thereabouts in the quality of life and happiness indices.
I think it split in two because it grew to be unwieldy.