From the 700s to the 1200s, Baghdad was an Intellectual Center unrivaled in the world. It's House of Wisdom studied mathematics, astronomy, medicine, alchemy and chemistry, zoology, and geography.
North Korea owes Sweden €300m for 1,000 stolen Volvos and every 6 months Sweden sends them reminders.
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Sweden had a colony in America called New Sweden and was first neutral country to recognize America as independent nation even before Britain did
Sweden is like America's "honorary uncle"
Though that is my theory how colonization works the main/most influential are the "parents" while secondary countries are "aunts/uncles" like England is America parent because colonized the most land in the east coast and Sweden and Netherlands are uncle/aunt because they colonized just a small part in East Coast