Their economic growth is enviable: Estonia's is a breakneck 12%.But a more disturbing picture, of livid discontent, declining competitiveness, sleaze and subversion, is lately more prominent.
When Peter Kellner, president of YouGov, saw the results, he gave this warning: "What emerges is a picture of massive discontent that goes far beyond a dislike of particular politicians, parties and policies".
In their submissions to the NSC, Krulak presented an extremely optimistic report on the progress of the war, while Mendenhall presented an extremely bleak picture of military failure and public discontent.
It's a short step from these rumblings of discontent to the explosive Vietnam-era pictures in the next room, dominated by Peter Saul's knock-your-socks-off painting "Saigon".
It's a bleak picture, but attempts are being made to address these murmurings of discontent.
But there were mutterings of discontent.
Some stirrings of discontent can be found.
But there are several sources of discontent.
There was a general murmur of discontent.
There were, nevertheless, persistent signs of discontent.
