There is actually a huge vacuum right now and it's in the "country" space. There is an opening in the market for a well-run nation-state that offers (1) indepe

There is actually a huge vacuum right now and it's in the "country" space. There is an opening in the market for a well-run nation-state that offers (1) independence, particularly from US influence, (2) pro-entrepreneurship, pro-technology, pro-science, extremely nimble governance, (3) accessibility to all of the world's educated people (hand-selected individuals chosen based on their skills), (4) safety, (5) low, efficient taxation, (6) communication privacy (7) banking and transaction privacy, (8) high quality education. Basically, just as global banking has its Switzerland, its Hong Kong, its Singapore, global internet/cloud and the tech community needs its own haven. Not only that, this country could also fill in the banking privacy niche as well. Read up on FATCA and how it's violating the privacy of millions of Americans living overseas. I wish this country could be a New Zealand or Australia but unfortunately they are completely beholden to US interests and would never be able to be independent. I really believe there is huge demand for an "elite" city-state that fills the needs I've described above but there's absolutely a market failure. This new country would likely not be democratic but run by a powerful technocrat, probably a Jobs or Musk type, perhaps with a Board of Directors. The corporate model seems to work.