That depends on what you mean by "richest". Measured in GDP, Germany is the richest country in Europe, by a big margin [1]. I think that the point of the artic

That depends on what you mean by "richest". Measured in GDP, Germany is the richest country in Europe, by a big margin [1]. I think that the point of the article is to demonstrate that a country's power and wealth doesn't translate into good lives or more wealth for its citizens. The statistics you brought up demonstrate that very nicely too. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_GDP_(nominal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Eu...