[twang]

Sweden may be a tiny fraction the world, but it has produced quite a few successful hockey players, soccer players, tennis players, golfers, directors, actors, authors, models, rockbands, car brands and what have you. And the Nobel prize. FFS, we've even had a heavyweight boxing champion.

Sweden doesn't outmuscle anyone, but it has a long tradition of using all available resources to the fullest. Plus, a high % of the swedes are overeducated and underpaid which probably is an important incentive to re-read SSH yet another time.