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When you think of the size of Zweden, you'd think it wouldn't be an issue. The times I've been there, the ground was usually rock with a thin layer of soil over it, or just a thick layer of moss. So it may be hard to find the right spot with enough soil of the right type. But that's just based on my impressions of the times I've been there. I haven't seen that much of the massive country, I have been there 12 times on holiday or work related.
"Zweden"?
Lol, typo, it's Sweden in Dutch so missed the spelling mistake.
Ooh, didn't know that, kinda cool!
Does that mean Sweden is at the very end of countries by alphabetical order in Dutch?
I won't deny that I felt it might have been some joke about Sweden, not sure what. I did think about Russia painting white Z's on some military vehicles but never heard any conspiracy or idea that Sweden is in their pockets or anything like that. And just to be clear, it was nothing more than a quick random thought based on nothing that I put no weight on whatsoever.
Nope, second to last! Zwitserland is the last one!
Edit: and I just learned Switzerland officially doesn't have a capital city :)
And I found out about more awesome stuff about Switzerland here
Edit edit: oh and the Z on the Russian vehicles is because it's a letter which doesn't exist in the Cyrillic alphabet, as well as all the other letters or signs painted on military vehicles during the invasion of Ukraine. It represented the area where the vehicle came from, to prevent blue on blue engagement. The largest group of the invasion was marked with a Z so it became a national symbol in support of the war.
Or from our perspective: the new swastika.