In my somewhat unfounded opinion, Northern Europeans are overrated, good at creating orderly societies and being capitalists (Dutch and English for example) - basically, they are conscientious and hard-working, prone to moralism ( prudish Protestantism in the past, ecologists and social justice warriors today). In olden times, they were also good warriors and adventurers, nowadays they manage to be cucks and degenerates, with a love for traveling (perhaps a manifestation of their ancient nomadic spirit), while maintaining functioning states. They however severely lack creativity - most creative populations in Europe are those that are a mix of (mostly) non-Nordic and Nordic, i.e. France, Germany, Austria, Northern Italy, England, Russia. As a race that saw it's rise between 800 AD and 1900 AD they are young and are yet to finish their cycle (currently in the process of degeneration); they thus lack collective (unconscious) wisdom - there is something frantic about Germanic people, they have a constant need to progress and accumulate wealth. Southern Europeans as an old race have already gone through their unique cycle and are, in my opinion, as a result much more relaxed and wise about life.