Last month's shows a deep blue splodge over Iceland, Spitsbergen, Scandanavia and the UK, and another over the western US and eastern Pacific.

上个月，冰岛、斯匹次卑尔根岛、斯堪纳维亚半岛和英国等地区，以及美国西部、东太平洋地区，都被深蓝色色块覆盖。

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Scandanavia seems to have big state sectors with vibrant private sectors.

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No-one from outside Scandanavia has ever won the event.

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It starts by including Scandanavia.

FORBES: The correlation is there.