Four differences between Texas and Sweden: First, barbed wire is banned in Sweden. At the farm where we stayed the pigs were kept in the fence by electric wire. I’m not sure if an electric shock is more humane than barbed wire, but I doubt electricity will work on large Texas ranches. Second, it is against the law for parents to spank their children in Sweden. Third, Sweden has a “right to public access” law that allows anyone to walk on, camp on, fish on (but not hunt on) and generally enjoy someone else’s private property as long as they don’t mess things up and don’t come right up into your yard. I’m sure the law is more detailed than my description, but that is the gist of it. This right of public access seems to have worked pretty well in the past, although I’m told that there have been discussion about it recently because large, organized groups of immigrants are coming into Sweden and picking berries on private property and not only profiting from this activity (which I understand is not against the law) but also blocking roads and otherwise bothering the landowners. Fourth, my impression is that most people I met in Sweden seem to trust and have confidence in their federal government.