It’s interesting to me how Mike Pondsmith himself is a Scandi-style SocDem who portrays the Nordics predictably but doesn’t sugarcoat that bit of lore (and he was fairly hands on with 2077’s development).

On top of a fairly nuanced portrayal of the USSR, which arguably is the the lesser evil compared to the NUSA (which is firmly under Militech’s thumb up and is fucking around with the Blackwall) and the Euro Community (which is literally lobotomizing “far left extremists” rallying for public healthcare and pensions).