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>The Danes do it best, they basically shut down the country for 3 months every summer and have an unspoken agreement that nothing will get done.

Is there a skeleton crew to run grocery and fuel?

OP was talking about white-collar jobs, not service industry.

Yes, but something like 90% of the workforce is unionized, and 5 weeks vacation per year is by law, with a "sixth week" being a common perk.