Most socialist country

[angus]

other:  North Korea is the only one, and it's only sort of socialist.  Cuba and China make the claim, but they are not truly socialist.

Really, it has been a long time since there were any seriously socialist countries.  Although the word hadn't been coined yet, the Tahuantinsuyu (empire of the Inca) were probably the last example of a socialist country, and they were crushed by the decidedly non-socialist Hapsburg Spaniards in 1533.  Exceedingly collectivist and very efficient at communications given that there were no horses in the Americas then, they were able to redistribute goods and services quickly from areas of plenty to areas of drought.  Starvation and famine was unknown.  Education was free and compulsory.  Laws were strict (e.g., the punishment for adultry was being dropped onto a stone from a height, which caused the spine to break).  The Inca economy involved a high degree of central planning. There's no market currency. Individuals were required to pay taxes to the state in the form of a certain amount of labor, and the state provided basic necessities. All for one, and one for all.  Truly a socialist utopia.  They also had the good sense to absorb the dieties of the conquered peoples into their pantheon, rather than try to supplant local gods with their own.  This made them successful imperialists as well.  That's probably what I love best about the Inca.  They were successful socialists and successful imperialists, at the same time.  Not many societies can say that.  

anyway, I voted "other" (for North Korea)

[angus]

So, Scandinavia is a place where capitalism actually works, as opposed to the United States for instance?

Obviously capitalism works well in Scandinavia, but it also works well in the US and in China.  It would work well in Cuba, if we didn't have this asinine trade embargo that's starving them.