> Interesting: The least religious countries/territories have more economic, social, and political stability and are far wealthier and more technologically/scie

> Interesting: The least religious countries/territories have more economic, social, and political stability and are far wealthier and more technologically/scientifically advanced than the most religious ones. And 8/10 are in Europe, with 1 being run by a European country for the last century when it became developed.† Which also correlates to a lack of corruption: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index Which also seems to be inversely related to places where cousin marriage is prevalent: * PDF: https://www.gwern.net/docs/sociology/2019-akbari.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/sociology/2019-akbari.pdf * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.07.015 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.07.015 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage#Prevalence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage#Prevalence There's also the fact that 7/10 the top democratic countries, many of which also appear on your list, are constitutional monarchies: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index What happened in European history that could have perhaps led to all of these countries moving in the same developmental direction? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Europe † IIRC, Japan also explicitly modelled their system after the UK's during the Meiji Restoration.