[epicureanideal]

Note: Finland has the population of Wisconsin.

Both have a population of about 5 million.

And even Wisconsin is more diverse at 86% white to Finland's 96%.

Another fun note:

The population of Finland is only 20% bigger than the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is 4.1 million. If we add in the San Jose-Santa Clara-Sunnyvale, California MSA at 1.9 million, what we tend to consider the "San Francisco Bay Area" has a greater population than Finland.

[ericd]

How is this relevant? None of those areas you describe are uniformly academically excellent.

[yostrovs]

Is Finland uniformly academically excellent? Are Finns in America performing similar to Finns in Finland? Wouldn't it matter?