Norway, for the intellectually challenged, is a sovereign nation. It does not tax its citizens for the purpose of sending cash to Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. Norway, also does not strangle its shipping lanes under the guise of 'we're too beautiful to ever chance a spill'. Norway does not put moratorium's on their offshore development. Norway does not stop pipelines based upon the whining of a loud minority. Norway has royalties of 79% once a field starts producing and nada before then. Norway has a 25% VAT tax on every purchase. Norway has very, very high personal income tax rates.