Seeing that countries vary wildly in how much they contribute to the EU, and vary somewhat in g in Europe, it seems worth checking if it there was a correlation.
The EU reports every year how much every EU member contributed (positive or negative). The latest numbers are from 2012, which can be found here (danish): http://www.eu-oplysningen.dk/spsv/off/alle/117_90/
Input data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoYWmgpqFzdsdHFLRnZza0JJQ01QVzQ3YVdiVlpzc2c&usp=drive_web#gid=0
| Countries | EU net benefit | LV2012 IQs | Former communist |
| Austria | -0.35 | 99 | 0 |
| Belgium | -0.39 | 99.3 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 3.43 | 93.3 | 1 |
| Cyprus | -0.15 | 91.8 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 2.14 | 98.9 | 1 |
| Denmark | -0.45 | 97.2 | 0 |
| Estonia | 4.84 | 99.7 | 1 |
| Finland | -0.34 | 100.9 | 0 |
| France | -0.4 | 98.1 | 0 |
| Germany | -0.44 | 98.8 | 0 |
| Great Britain | -0.39 | 99.1 | 0 |
| Greece | 2.33 | 93.2 | 0 |
| Hungary | 3.59 | 98.1 | 1 |
| Ireland | 0.5 | 94.9 | 0 |
| Italy | -0.33 | 96.1 | 0 |
| Latvia | 4.29 | 95.9 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 4.82 | 94.3 | 1 |
| Malta | 1.14 | 95.3 | 0 |
| Netherlands | -0.39 | 100.4 | 0 |
| Poland | 3.3 | 96.1 | 1 |
| Portugal | 3.12 | 94.4 | 0 |
| Romania | 1.56 | 91 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 2.28 | 98 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1.64 | 97.6 | 1 |
| Spain | 0.39 | 96.6 | 0 |
| Sweden | -0.46 | 98.6 | 0 |
SPSS:
There is a correlation of -.3, but its not significant in MR. The effect of east block is, however, very large.
The correlation of -.3 is reduced due to restriction of range. However, it seems that no one has actually calculated the entire global deviation for IQ, so I cant use formulas to correct for restriction. (see here: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/salkind2study/articles/10Article01.pdf)
Basically, what correcting for restriction wud give us, is the correlation between LV’s national IQ’s and EU net contribution IF every country in the world was in the EU.