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by aitait 2091 days ago
"For a long time, this volcanic island was one of Europe’s poorest countries, as only a small portion of the land is suitable for agricultural use and Iceland possesses virtually no natural resources. Thus, Iceland never developed into an industrial nation – the prosperity it achieved toward the end of the 20th century was due to the country’s booming services sector." https://www.erih.net/how-it-started/industrial-history-of-eu...

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3 comments

Well, for starters they have loads of energy. And fishing.

Regarding the overall tone of your two post, you should refer to the site guidelines.

Ok. But you have not read my post. Yes, they have energy but only recently. They skipped coal and gas and the industrialization that goes with it.
Sorry about the weak attempt at Trekkie humor. I happen to think highly of Iceland! Particularly their punishing of bankers back in 2008. I thought about citizenship solely because of that.
bangers!