Programming languages don't mean much when trying to evaluate how technologically advanced a country is. They can be researched and developed anywhere.
You have competence hotspots like Silicon Valley in the US, but I'd say these are usually fairly narrow and niche driven.
E.g. Germany for various industry, esp. cars., the Netherlands for architecture, Norway for oil tech. For any particular field you'll have a few cities where the major players are located.
IT is more evenly divided, but England or Switzerland aren't bad places to be if that's your field.
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He spent the first 25 years of his life in Finland, and immigrated to the US where he eventually was granted US citizenship. He's still a natural citizen of Finland.
Although the average December temperature in Helsinki is below freezing point, Finland is hot right now. The country is officially the least corrupt in the world, the number one in the Global Wealth and Happiness index, top in utility patents in the European Union and last year the Harvard Business Review rated it as the 2nd Innovation Hot Spot in the World.