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Does anyone know of any countries which have no geographical, strategic, or mining resources of interest to the big world powers, which also accept immigration?
by Andys 15y ago
Does anyone know of any countries which have no geographical, strategic, or mining resources of interest to the big world powers, which also accept immigration?
- DamnYuppie 15y agoThe U.S. is one of the few countries where you can not give up your citizenship. Combine that with the fact that the U.S. has extradition treaties with all but Brazil and China you really have nowhere to run...
- pyre 15y ago> The U.S. is one of the few countries where you can not > give up your citizenship. It's hard to automatically give up your US citizenship, but you can go through the process of expatriation.
- rdtsc 15y agoI think you can renounce your citizenship. But(!) with IRS's approval only. You have to prove that you are not doing it in order to avoid paying taxes.
- tesseract 15y ago"Where could I theoretically move to if I want to stop living in the US" is something I sometimes think about. New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Brazil seem like interesting possibilities. Brazil doesn't really meet the criteria you mentioned; NL is part of the EU which I suspect means you would not be interested. NZ might fit though, and my understanding is that it is not hard to immigrate there.
- rohern 15y agoThey also love the free market, respect their natural resources, and have great sea food.
- nextparadigms 15y agoIsn't NZ one of the countries with the 3-strike law? Or did they repel that?
- tesseract 15y agoIt was passed, then repealed, and may now be passed again. I haven't checked lately. Obviously something I would investigate before going there.
- rdtsc 15y agoNZ has actually been an American guinea pig for trying all all kinds of draconian copyright laws. Other countries are used to test out economic policies. Argentina for example, with its last collapse, was a failed economic experiment.