Above I said Norway "had a long-standing tradition of democracy and rule of law ensuring government accountability". I think it is that tradition that matters f

Above I said Norway "had a long-standing tradition of democracy and rule of law ensuring government accountability". I think it is that tradition that matters far more than having a small vs large population. As far as population goes I think what matters is how homogenous the population is such that there is a general feeling of all being "in the same tribe". A population that has large identifiable groups (blacks, whites, latios, asians, Jews, Indians, ...) can have these groups not caring for each other and even working against each other vs sharing and cooperating with each other. I think multiculturalism is far better than ethno-nationalism however it is also far harder than ethno-nationalism.