nordic

For a start Scandinavia doesn't include Finland, if you want Finland too then you are referring to the Nordic region or Nordic states.

When the Nordic Council becomes the Nordic Federation, I hope they re-invent Old Norse as New Norse as the official language of the Federation.

Even the Nordic countries, who had the best chance of pulling it off, have started to suffer under its weight.

For a single (rich) state it might, as it does for a small nordic state.

Also my personal view has always been that the catholic church actively waged a holy war to convert the nordic heathens.

I actually have the Nordic NRF51822 / NRF51 development board and it is super fun to play with.

The Soviets started using it because it would provide good coverage of their very nordic territory, something geostationary sats would not do.

Yes your correct, nordic countries have achieved a very high standard of living without 300 years of government supported racketeering, money laundering etc.

Of the much praised Nordic countries (the ones Bernie Sanders seeks inspiration from), only in Finland the left actually tried a violent revolution.

Check out BLE SoC's like the Nordic nRF51822 for examples of hardware that could turn into a beacon without a ton of work.

How's the toolchain support / dev environment for the Nordic parts these days?

In the Nordic parts, people basically only use debit/credit cards for example.

This is where I generally hear about how the Nordic/Scandinavian countries have a much higher level of "freedom", (que statistics dump here), and how the US isn't really free.

If you'd like to make a subtle (and perhaps useful) distinction between "peasant" and "serf" then I suppose that's worth talking about, but my generalizations about Europe include the nordic countries.

In relation to the moms, I am reminded of Nordic prisons: enforce something approaching a normal life, including basic luxuries and general responsibilities (actual things-to-think-about-and-manage responsibilities, not just "do X repetitive task for six hours"), and recidivism rates go down.

Nordic Semi nRF51822, you can see it on the promotional materials.