Yeah, apparently this refers to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_power - Sweden is currently (or rather,

Yeah, apparently this refers to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_power - Sweden is currently (or rather, I guess, was before the Covid pandemic) the protecting power for no less than 10 Western states (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Spain, USA) in North Korea. And between 1991 and 2001 they were apparently also the protecting power for Germany.