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I think it's interesting and good that Iceland is doing this. But the first thing I wonder is how many people does it affect?

Some perspective:

Iceland's population is about 320,000.

Iceland has 103,000 square kilometers, roughly the size of Kentucky, or a bit less than a third the size of Germany.

Their GDP is about $12 billion (per capita $36,000). The smallest GDP among US states is Vermont at $26.4B (but then Vermont has about twice the number of people). A bit less than Jamaica (though Jamaica has 2.8 million people).

[For what it's worth, I'm descended from Icelanders and have twice visited there. I love it.]




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