Norway

Norway is a Scandinavian nation. Aside from being conquered by Sweden and Germany it has done nothing of any importance in world history (may have contributed one or two useful immigrants). This was until they discovered oil near the coast. Then they became a founding member of NATO and a important American ally. They are an example of a nation that has worked on the Scandinavian welfare model. It is a very progressive and liberal nation. It is one of the worlds wealthy nations, is one of the worlds most peaceful nations, and has the largest capital reserve per capita of any nation. It, along with Sweden and other Nordic nations is the bane of Conservatives around the world as they are an example of a welfare state that has work very successfully.



Government
Norway is a constitutional monarchy, with a parliament and a King(who pretty much does nothing). The Norwegian parliament has 169 members. It has a Supreme Court of 18 permanent judges. The current Prime Minister of Norway is Jens Stoltenberg.

The Parliament of Norway is very liberal,progressive and the current ruling party is a member of Socialist International. This further enrages conservatives as it shows that Socialism isn't an evil ideology, as opposed to Republicans. They have rejected the idea of joining the European Union as did Switzerland.

As Liberals and Social Democrats dominate a majority of the Norwegian government it often passes very well thought out laws. Conservatives in Norway are mainly composed of the indigenous wild people that live in mountains and forests. They have tried, with mixed success, to convert other Norwegian to their train of thought.

They no longer try to be neutral as the evil Nazi/neo-conservative Adolf Hitler invaded them after they attempted to be neutral. Basically that's the reason they are in NATO.