Sure, having a larger population makes it harder to scale, however The GDP of the U.S., Canada, and Norway are all fairly comparable. https://www.cia.gov/libra

Sure, having a larger population makes it harder to scale, however The GDP of the U.S., Canada, and Norway are all fairly comparable. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... Norway is #11 with $68k, the U.S. is #19 with $55k, Canada is #32 with $45k. Also, oil revenue as a percentage of GDP is hardly relevant. It's not like you're only allowed to spend Oil money on social security.