The goal here was MORE free.

Iceland is just as much of a socialist nightmare as the rest of Europe. We are looking for a MORE free country, not a less free one. The problem is that many countries look free, and then you find one major flaw, like say, they have a lot of economic freedoms, but you can't talk bad about the government and drug use is punishable by death. Or there will be a great deal of economic and personal freedom, but you must carry identification with you at all times and present it upon request. Or you can't own a gun, or some other such horrific violation of personal liberty.