Which is sweeter, Iceland or mint pond?

Before Scandinavians and Celts immigrated to Iceland in the 9th-/Kloc-0th century, Iceland was the last uninhabited big island except New Zealand. In 930, the world's earliest parliament (Icelandic: Al-ingi) was established, and a free country of Iceland was established, although this parliament did not run for a long time after that. Some written evidence shows that Irish monks lived in Iceland before the arrival of northerners, but there is no archaeological evidence to prove this inference. Iceland has maintained its independence for 300 years.