Armenia vs Iran vs Denmark

Published: January 25, 2026

NOTE: This article is still being updated

To understand how fair this comparison is; I'm a software developer and an AWS cloud architect who has lived ~33 years in Iran, ~9 years in Denmark, and less than a year so far in Armenia, as of January 2026.

Sections

Overview
1. Political system & political stability
2. Nature
3. Weather
4. Culture and social life
5. Digitization and bureaucracy
6. Employees: workplace and salary
7. Employers: establishing and running a business
8. Equality: gender, race, religions, etc.
9. Freedom of speech
10. Language

Overview

TBD (an image will be added here)

1. Political system & political stability

Denmark

Denmark is a constitutional monarchy, that is run similar to a socialist country. This happened because Queen Margrethe II was seeing Danes as her kids and was kind enough not to seek power more than was given to her. However on January 14, 2024, after a 52-year reign, she abdicated power and gave it to her son, King Frederik X; who I think, unlike her mother, seeks power and influences the society with the far-right groups that he controls behind the scene.

In Denmark, most unions are quite powerful; sometimes even more powerful than the government! Also, the country is wealthy, and you have good options for insurance; in my opinion, much better than Iran and Armenia. The economy is also stronger and banks more easily lend mortgage and other types of loan.

Iran

Iran is a constitutional theocratic leadership tha is run similar to a monarchy, in which the leader/king wants to control it with absolute power, while the democratic movement (reformists) seeks to control that.

Armenia

Armenia is a democratic republic.

2. Nature

Denmark

Denmark is a small country and all around it looks similar; all flat.

Iran

Iran is a big country and has a diverse nature. It has access to the open seas through Persian Gulf and have access to the Caspian sea. It has a lot of mountains and some crazy tall peaks. It also has a few deserts and beautiful islands.

Armenia

Armenia is a small country; but it has a semi-diverse nature. You can hike in tall mountains and enjoy flat some cities, but it does not have access to see and does not have deserts.

3. Weather

Denmark

A small country with one type of weather.
Almost always gray and rainy.
A short mild summer, which is sunny and the temperature is above 20 for 3-4 weeks.
A winter with mild weather, not too cold, not too warm.
It's usually much windier than Iran and Armenia; that's why sometimes it feels colder than it actually is; and you should wear windproof cloths.

Iran

A big country with different types of weather.
Most of the country have 4 seasons; warm summer; cold winters.
In some places of Iran, winter can be colder than Armenia and Denmark; but comparison fully depends on where exactly you compare them with.
The southern parts are tropical; always warm.
In the middle of it, around the two big desert, it has extreme hot summers and freezing winters.
In some special parts of the country it's almost always windy; but in most places it is not as windy as the Nordics.

Armenia

A small country with one type of weather.
I think Armenia has the coldest winters compared to the other ones; because similar to Iran, it's full of mountains, and it's also located above Iran.
All the country have 4 seasons; warm summer; cold winters.

And this is a comparison on a specific day; right before winter begins.

Yerevan, vs Copenhagen, vs Stockholm, vs Isfahan — 28th of December 2025 — click for a larger image

Denmark

Danes are very good at marketing; that's why they could succeed presenting their country as the "happiest country" in the world.
In reality most Danes have severe mental health issues; and if you live there more than a few years it might affect you negatively without even realizing it.
Danes are very political; they present their rudeness toward others as being direct, while they are very political and hide what they really mean.
Real Danish values are:
- Respecting their flat society.
- Eating pork & potato.
- Heavily drinking like mentally ill alcoholics.
- Thinking that they are better than others (based on their color of skin, height, etc.).
- Stubbornness that comes from thinking they are always right.
They obsessively love their county, and you can see Danish flag almost everywhere.
The whole society works together to hid all the bad things; that's why all the negative conversations are done in Danish and even news agencies don't cover most negative things.
They don't fight by shouting at each other or physically attacking (which is good), but they learn to be passive-aggressive.
When they smile, you never know if that's a good sign, or they're hiding a bad thing from you.
Most Danes care about keeping places clean and keep their noise level in an acceptable level.

Iran

People are though to be polite; even sometimes too polite; we have this thing called "tarof" which can sometimes be too much, even for us.
When someone is angry of you, you see it from miles away!
People might even end up in physical conflicts or shouting at each other on the streets! (which is terrible imo)
Some Iranians don't care about keeping places clean as they think "we are paying taxes, so it's the government's job"; which imo is horrible wrong.
Some Iranians don't keep their noise level in an acceptable level; and they party at home until late hours.
People love their culture and their background; but diversity comes with a cost; that's why these days most people are not happy with those radical "supper Islamists" which we think are backed by Israel and the United States.

Armenia

Most people are polite and respectful.
When someone is angry of you, you see it from miles away!
People might even end up in physical conflicts or shouting at each other on the streets! (which is terrible imo)
Most Armenians keep their places clean.
Some Armenians don't keep their noise level in an acceptable level; and they party at home until late hours.
People love their flag, country, culture and background.

5. Digitization and bureaucracy

Denmark

Iran

Armenia

6. Employees: workplace and salary

Denmark

Iran

Armenia

7. Employers: Establishing and running a business

Denmark

Iran

Armenia

8. Equality: gender, race, religions, etc.

Denmark

Iran

Armenia

9. Freedom of speech

Denmark

Iran

Armenia

10. Language

Denmark

Official language: Danish
Besides that almost everyone speaks English with a Danglish accent.

Iran

Official language: Farsi
Besides that, especially among the newer generations, almost everyone speaks English with a Persian accent.

Armenia

Official language: Armenian
Besides that, the majority of people speak Russian, but almost no one speaks English. Recently, US embassy has founded an "American corner" to convince the newer generation learn English and convince them to love US/Western culture. Even though this has motivated people to learn English, but for example even in AWS, which is an American technology, evens the organizers and those who represent those American brands cannot communicate in English! At least nothing more that basic words like Hi/Hello.

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Armenia vs Iran vs Denmark

Iran Denmark Armenia expat

Published: January 25, 2026

NOTE: This article is still being updated

Sections

Overview
1. Political system & political stability
2. Nature
3. Weather
4. Culture and social life
5. Digitization and bureaucracy
6. Employees: workplace and salary
7. Employers: establishing and running a business
8. Equality: gender, race, religions, etc.
9. Freedom of speech
10. Language

Overview

TBD (an image will be added here)

1. Political system & political stability

Denmark

Iran

Armenia

Armenia is a democratic republic.

2. Nature

Denmark

Denmark is a small country and all around it looks similar; all flat.

Iran

Armenia

Armenia is a small country; but it has a semi-diverse nature. You can hike in tall mountains and enjoy flat some cities, but it does not have access to see and does not have deserts.

3. Weather

Denmark

A small country with one type of weather.
Almost always gray and rainy.
A short mild summer, which is sunny and the temperature is above 20 for 3-4 weeks.
A winter with mild weather, not too cold, not too warm.
It's usually much windier than Iran and Armenia; that's why sometimes it feels colder than it actually is; and you should wear windproof cloths.

Iran

A big country with different types of weather.
Most of the country have 4 seasons; warm summer; cold winters.
In some places of Iran, winter can be colder than Armenia and Denmark; but comparison fully depends on where exactly you compare them with.
The southern parts are tropical; always warm.
In the middle of it, around the two big desert, it has extreme hot summers and freezing winters.
In some special parts of the country it's almost always windy; but in most places it is not as windy as the Nordics.

Armenia

A small country with one type of weather.
I think Armenia has the coldest winters compared to the other ones; because similar to Iran, it's full of mountains, and it's also located above Iran.
All the country have 4 seasons; warm summer; cold winters.

And this is a comparison on a specific day; right before winter begins.

Denmark

Danes are very good at marketing; that's why they could succeed presenting their country as the "happiest country" in the world.
In reality most Danes have severe mental health issues; and if you live there more than a few years it might affect you negatively without even realizing it.
Danes are very political; they present their rudeness toward others as being direct, while they are very political and hide what they really mean.
Real Danish values are:
- Respecting their flat society.
- Eating pork & potato.
- Heavily drinking like mentally ill alcoholics.
- Thinking that they are better than others (based on their color of skin, height, etc.).
- Stubbornness that comes from thinking they are always right.
They obsessively love their county, and you can see Danish flag almost everywhere.
The whole society works together to hid all the bad things; that's why all the negative conversations are done in Danish and even news agencies don't cover most negative things.
They don't fight by shouting at each other or physically attacking (which is good), but they learn to be passive-aggressive.
When they smile, you never know if that's a good sign, or they're hiding a bad thing from you.
Most Danes care about keeping places clean and keep their noise level in an acceptable level.

Iran

People are though to be polite; even sometimes too polite; we have this thing called "tarof" which can sometimes be too much, even for us.
When someone is angry of you, you see it from miles away!
People might even end up in physical conflicts or shouting at each other on the streets! (which is terrible imo)
Some Iranians don't care about keeping places clean as they think "we are paying taxes, so it's the government's job"; which imo is horrible wrong.
Some Iranians don't keep their noise level in an acceptable level; and they party at home until late hours.
People love their culture and their background; but diversity comes with a cost; that's why these days most people are not happy with those radical "supper Islamists" which we think are backed by Israel and the United States.

Armenia

Most people are polite and respectful.
When someone is angry of you, you see it from miles away!
People might even end up in physical conflicts or shouting at each other on the streets! (which is terrible imo)
Most Armenians keep their places clean.
Some Armenians don't keep their noise level in an acceptable level; and they party at home until late hours.
People love their flag, country, culture and background.

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All content provided on this article is for informational and educational purposes only. The author makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this site or found by following any link on this site.
All the content is copyrighted, except the assets and content I have referenced to other people's work, and may not be reproduced on other websites, blogs, or social media. You are not allowed to reproduce, summarize to create derivative work, or use any content from this website under your name. This includes creating a similar article or summary based on AI/GenAI. For educational purposes, you may refer to parts of the content, and only refer, but you must provide a link back to the original article on this website. This is allowed only if your content is less than 10% similar to the original article.
While every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the content of this website, I make no representation as to the accuracy, correctness, or fitness for any purpose of the site content, nor do I accept any liability for loss or damage (including consequential loss or damage), however, caused, which may be incurred by any person or organization from reliance on or use of information on this site.
The contents of this article should not be construed as legal advice.
Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.
English is not my mother-tongue language, so even though I try my best to express myself correctly, there might be a chance of miscommunication.
Links or references to other websites, including the use of information from 3rd-parties, are provided for the benefit of people who use this website. I am not responsible for the accuracy of the content on the websites that I have put a link to and I do not endorse any of those organizations or their contents.
If you have any queries or if you believe any information on this article is inaccurate, or if you think any of the assets used in this article are in violation of copyright, please contact me and let me know.