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Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: (SC) An exceptionally literate people, more Icelanders

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A: An exceptionally literate people, more Icelanders publish books per capita than do the people of any other nation.

Error 1:
In A, “an exceptionally literate people” serves to modify “more Icelanders”.
The implication is that MORE ICELANDERS constitute A PEOPLE.
This meaning is nonsensical.
Whereas “more Icelanders” refers to a NUMBER of Icelanders (10 Icelanders, 100 Icelanders, etc.), “a people” refers to an ENTIRE NATION.
Thus, A implies that a NUMBER of Icelanders constitute
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