I have been pulled into a discussion with members of the many-headed brain-deficient mob represented in our parliament by the undeniably racist Sweden Democrats. During this discussion, an interesting thing has become apparent: many of those who support the Sweden Democrats seem to feel that Sweden should just give the EU the finger and leave. Sweden is a sovereign state that doesn't need to be pushed around by those corrupt asshats in Brussels blah blah blah. In the context of the discussion, these same people should also be opposed to the Geneva convention on the rights of refugees. I am currently trying to get a clearer picture of whether or not these knob-heads really feel Sweden should unilaterally leave the EU and also a number of international agreements, but I also got to wondering:

- what would happen if a smallish fairly neutral Western country such as Sweden really did leave the EU as well as the convention on refugee rights?

What would the economic consequences be eg. wrt trade, free movement, sanctions, fines etc?

What would the political consequences be eg. wrt ability to reach benefical agreements with other countries?