[insane_dreamer]

yeah, the unmentioned factor I was referencing is not that it's small and isolated, but rather that it's quite logical that young people in such a situation, once given the opportunity, would explore other countries -- and need to emigrate to do so. It's not like a small country like Luxembourg where you can live there but are within a couple of hours' train ride of thriving major cities in half-dozen countries (why emigrate if you can spend weekends in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, etc.).