'Index of Jacobinism'

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From the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, an index of federalism and decentralization in the old EU, Japan, US, Canada. 1 being most centralized, 5 being good countries.

1. Greece, 1
2. Iceland, 1
3. Luxembourg, 1
4. Ireland, 1
5. Portugal, 1
6. France, 1.3
7. Italy, 1.5
8. Finland, 2
9. Norway, 2
10. Denmark, 2
11. Japan, 2
12. Sweden, 2
13. UK, 2.5
14. Netherlands, 3
15. Spain, 3 (what?)
16. Austria, 4.5
17. Switzerland, 5
18. Belgium, 5 (more like infinity)
19. US, 5
20. Canada, 5
21. Germany, 5

[MaxQue]

Three of the four countries with at least two linguistic communauties are at 5. Belgium, Canada and Switzerland. The other one is Spain, which should be higher than 3.