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So close, yet so far.
And yes, the Baltics, famously sovereign countries that aren't just Nazis for hire.
The “success” of the post-Soviet Baltic states is the ultimate case of “line go up thinking.” Yes, they had a massive brain drain and QoL factors all caved out, but they got “fiscally responsible” and the GDP per capita shot up due to mass wealth concentration.
The Baltics managed to achieve a high GDP per capita in a less direct way than the Gulf slaver states. If you just don't count poor people, then your GDP per capita is going to enormous. In case of the Baltics, those too poor to benefit the stats just happened to leave the millisecond they had the chance to.