-one of the whitest countries in Europe with strict immigration laws; -Strong labor union protections; -Workers are paid a living wage and get lots of paid vacation time; -restrictions on gender affirming care for minors; -the most robust social welfare programs; -restrictions on abortion; -elected a woman as its Prime Minister; -left the totalitarian soviet union to become its own independent nation; -gives free contraceptives to teens; -one of the most free market capitalist economies in the world; -has one of the best human rights records in the world; -had some of the least strict lockdowns during the covid-19 pandemic