During the Winter Olympics in Milan, one country stands above the rest: Norway. With a total of 41 Olympic medals, of which 18 are gold. The USA follows with 33 medals, of which only 12 are gold. This isn’t something out of the ordinary for Norway. Moreover, they have won their third consecutive Winter Olympics. Of course, Norway has snow and mountains, which would be the easiest explanation of this occurrence. However, multiple more populous countries have similar conditions