Norway
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An animated Norwegian flag.
Norway is a country in Scandinavia.
The capital is Oslo, and the principal language in Norwegian, though Sami languages are also spoken in the far north. Norway is one of the few Western European nations not in the European Union.
Norway was first settled by the Vikings. Modern Norwegians, such as the mild-mannered King Harald V, are a far cry from the common image of their ancestors, although this image is somewhat skewed by Anglo-Saxon and Irish accounts of raids. Norway has a high proportion of atheists and few explicitly religious citizens. It also has the second highest per capita GDP (PPP) in the world and, according to the UN, some of the best quality of life of any nation on the planet alongside other Scandinavian countries.