An independent Scotland could become the richest country on earth.
I’m not joking. It has all the necessary ingredients. Let me explain.
Each year the World Bank, the IMF and the CIA each independently
publish a list of the richest countries in the world - as measured
by GDP per capita at purchasing power parity.
The UK sits at a rather disappointing 21st, but topping those
rankings you have the likes of Qatar, Luxembourg, Singapore,
Brunei, Norway and Switzerland.
Some of these nations have got there thanks to their oil. But
oil isn’t everything – otherwise the likes of Saudi Arabia (28th),
Russia (43rd) or Iran (78th) would feature.
