Sweden

"Sweden (Swedish: Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige, is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Øresund. At 450,295 square kilometres, Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of about 9.4 million. Sweden has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre with the population mostly concentrated to the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas. Sweden's capital city is Stockholm, which is also the largest city. ..."

"More than 160,000 people—the vast majority fleeing violence in Syria and Iraq—applied for asylum in Sweden in 2015, placing severe pressure on the country's ability to process applications and accommodate new arrivals. Meanwhile, the 2014 agreement between the social-democratic government and center-right opposition on budget proposals, designed to curb the controversial right-wing Sweden Democrats party, was broken in October, expanding the Sweden Democrats' capacity to influence the response to the refugee crisis and other national policies."

"Old people in Sweden say that to be Swedish means to supply for your own, to take care of your self, and never be a burden on anyone else's shoulders. ... What we are now seeing ... is the perfectly logical consequence of the welfare state: when handing out benefits and thereby taking away the individual's responsibility ... a new kind of individual is created — the immature, irresponsible, and dependent."

"... far-reaching free market reforms in the 1860s allowed Sweden to benefit from the spreading Industrial Revolution. ... during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Sweden saw its economy rapidly industrializing, driven by the many Swedish inventors and entrepreneurs. ... In addition, there were countless non-inventing entrepreneurs during that period ..."