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yeah that or 30 hour work week, walkable cities, free healthcare.

That's testable. That's already the case in some places, or close to it. Do those places also have rising suicide rates?

Denmark is like the happiest place on earth… what do they do?

Denmark's suicide rate is falling, so that is indeed evidence that they're doing something right.

A wealthy, small, semi-homogeneous population with strong social safety nets.

Norway is very similar to Denmark, though, and has tried to reduce the suicide rate for many years now but without success

Interesting. I wonder what is different between the two countries that could account for this?