SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
There is very little poverty and few luxury. Most of all of Norway is middle class. There are very few large private landholdings other than some large forested areas. Norwegians began to use the economic power of the state as a leveling force, and a steeply graduated tax on income helps fund the nation’s social services. Another leveling influence is the strict control of housing, most of which is financed by a state housing bank and constructed by cooperative housing associations.