[thinkingemote]

Just a note about Spain. It's mostly Catholic so culturally the protestant work ethic is pretty weak there.

Same also for Italy and Ireland I guess. It's half and half in England. It's more protestant in Scotland, and of course the US was founded on the notion

The south of Germany is meant to be Catholic but I don't know if culturally they are more laid back when it comes to work there.

[africanboy]

> It's mostly Catholic so culturally the protestant work ethic is pretty weak there.

So is Italy, my country.

And I think there is a strong correlation with the fact that in Italy and Spain capitalism is different from, say, Germany or Netherlands.