General Discussion

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Smart politicians -and some luck when the oil drilling started - as no one really believed it would have been much oil there in the north sea.. And maybe because we also had some of our best negotiators on the table when it was deiced to go all in... In fact, we managed to get most of the north sea for us self when it came to producing oil - because when we negotiated our way with the british - we sent our secretary of state - who was a great diplomat - but also a very hard drinker - who more or less drunk the british diplomats under the table - and as they was sobering up the next day - our secretary of state was sober and ready to negotiate, he know his way around a bottle of alcohol - of course he got everything he wanted - the opponents was more or less like fish on dry land.... In fact he could have gotten a whole better deal, if had wanted....

And it also helps, that Norway have had a rather good Statehood - where the government and parliament is strong institutions in the country - and therefore it is less easy to "negotiate" around the parliament.. And it possible helps, that most politicians that is on a national level also have been honest - hardworking people for the betterment of Norway - not for some cooperation or shady/gray groups.. Hopefully it will continue to be that.

Diclotican