[omneity]

Also worth noticing the size of these countries. Mostly on the small/tiny side, besides Norway (an oil exporter) and Ireland (a corporate tax haven)

Perhaps making good economic decisions grows exponentially in difficulty with the population size, especially for “conventional” economies that do not have another cash cow.

[gopher_space]

I can’t help but notice the absence of a “how shitty is this country for the average person” dimension.

E.g. which of these countries has any kind of youth culture to speak of?

[TimorousBestie]

Ireland, but the worsening economic inequality is wearing away at the edges of it from what I could tell on my last visit.

[stackghost]

If you're the outdoorsy type, Switzerland.

[notahacker]

The reality is to you get way more benefit from attracting a multinational company to shift its revenue to you for tax purposes when you're a (very) small state. This strategy simply isn't available to you when you're the US (which already has major bases for all these companies, it's just not that big a deal compared with their population and govt budget)