Denmark is doing well.

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden are the world's happiest countries, according to the survey of 156 countries.
Those looking for greater happiness and satisfaction in life should head to northern Europe, but steer clear of Egypt and countries worst hit by the eurozone crisis, according to the 2013 World Happiness Report released Monday by Columbia University's Earth Institute.
Finland fell from second place to seventh.

I have dealt with the Danish society with a number of blog entries recently. I think Denmark is cleaned. And the Danish art, it will be come a much more relevant by their own contents. Art will always be a multiplier from the nation's mental state.

It is important to balance economic measures of societal progress with measures of subjective well-being to ensure that economic progress leads to broad improvements across life domains, not just greater economic capacity,

the report said.
The United States ranked 17th, while the UK was 22nd of the 156 nations surveyed.
Rwanda, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Benin and Togo are the least satisfied with their lives. Egypt had the greatest fall of happiness levels in the past five years, the report said, while the corrupted land China was 93nd.