Yet Scandinavia and NZ always score well from various corruption surveys. The bigger English countries with slightly smaller (than Scandinavia) public sectors such as the UK and USA don’t score as well. Have you got any studies that corroborate your perceptions?
NZ has a great tax system, and other policies, for developing a low-skill low-productivity agrarian feudal (or ante-bellum Southern-style) economy with a small share market.
https://www.worldeconomics.com/Natio...ls/Sweden.aspx