Well they do both have monarchs! Though the royal palace in Oslo is a public park. As I was strolling the park, to my surprise I attended a quick fanfare as the king left his palace and his driver (I presume) almost ran over a dumb kid that darted in front of the royal sedan. then at the end of the royal avenue, at the foot of the most glorious mathematician sculpture, the royal sedan turned a corner directly into rush hour traffic, which his highness had to endure just like the rest of us commoners.

What a lovely anecdote, I've been to the royal park in Oslo once and it's gorgeous! As an Austrian, I personally prefer to look at my royals in the catacombs of St. Stephens Cathedral though ;)

I was 100% of the impression that GP was comparing petroleum resources, and explicitly not climate, traditional dress, or human rights.

Flew straight past me somehow, that's on me!

How they spend their oil resources is also quite different. :)