On: The Nordic countries are probably the best-governe...

[uvdiv]

What they seem to be glossing over is that homogeneity plays a large factor in this.

Note that there is a spectacularly heterogenous country at the top of the same list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore#Demographics

[RestlessMind → uvdiv]

I do not have scientific data about this, but shouldn't smaller territories and city-states (Singapore, Hongkong etc) be easier to govern compared to actual big countries?

[uvdiv → RestlessMind]

Singapore is the same size as Norway, Finland, and Denmark. They're all small.

I have no clue.

[NiekvdMaas → uvdiv]

Maybe in population, but Singapore is not even 0.2% of the size of Norway...

[pm90 → uvdiv]

Singapore is not the same size as the Nordic countries.

Norway: 148,746 sq mi

Finland: 130,596 sq mi

Denmark: 16,562 sq mi

Singapore: 274 sq mi

[cpeterso → pm90]

But compare their populations:

Norway: 5,033,675

Finland: 5,421,827

Denmark: 5,580,413

Singapore: 5,312,400

[RestlessMind → cpeterso]

I was referring to geographical size. And as I said, while I do not have scientific evidence, I have a hunch that managing same size of population over a vastly smaller area should be easier.