This tiny country between France and Spain is amazing. It is for those who are EXTREMELY concerned about their privacy. The government does not care who lives there (as long as you behave). Zero taxes, excellent banking, the most number of Mercedes' per capita anywhere in the world. The main street of the capital city is like Hong Kong (hundreds of stores selling everything - tax free). Reasonable real estate prices. Ideal for those who like to ski. Barcelona and the Mediterranian is only 2 hrs (by car) away. Tons of rich (and privacy conscious) people live here. One of the last bastions of "real offshore stuff". If you want privacy - this is THE place.
Whenever I mention to Canadians that I bring people to Canada as a tax haven, they shake their heads in disbelief. http://www.escapeartist.com/passports/passport_facts2.html
I highly suggest to read thoroughly this very interesting site, brought to my attention by another member of ET. Lots of info on Second Passports, Alternative Citizenship & Residency. I thought I knew lot of stuff on this subject, the reading revealed me how little I actually know. http://www.escapeartist.com/passports/passports.htm
Great read on Canada! Who'd 'a thought! Readers, in escapeartist.com, also check out the Country Profiles and Articles sections, among others. Mark, you've taken this thread into a whole new "world"! hmmm... now if i can just find andorra.....
Or better yet lobster, the millions of innocents who were murdered back in the good old days heil? whoops i meant eh?
The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank Country 1 France 2 Italy 3 San Marino 4 Andorra 5 Malta 6 Singapore 7 Spain 8 Oman 9 Austria 10 Japan 11 Norway 12 Portugal 13 Monaco 14 Greece 15 Iceland 16 Luxembourg 17 Netherlands 18 United Kingdom 19 Ireland 20 Switzerland 21 Belgium 22 Colombia 23 Sweden 24 Cyprus 25 Germany 26 Saudi Arabia 27 United Arab Emirates 28 Israel 29 Morocco 30 Canada 31 Finland 32 Australia 33 Chile 34 Denmark 35 Dominica 36 Costa Rica 37 United States of America 38 Slovenia 39 Cuba 40 Brunei 41 New Zealand 42 Bahrain 43 Croatia 44 Qatar 45 Kuwait 46 Barbados 47 Thailand 48 Czech Republic 49 Malaysia 50 Poland 51 Dominican Republic 52 Tunisia 53 Jamaica 54 Venezuela 55 Albania 56 Seychelles 57 Paraguay 58 South Korea 59 Senegal 60 Philippines 61 Mexico 62 Slovakia 63 Egypt 64 Kazakhstan 65 Uruguay 66 Hungary 67 Trinidad and Tobago 68 Saint Lucia 69 Belize 70 Turkey 71 Nicaragua 72 Belarus 73 Lithuania 74 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 75 Argentina 76 Sri Lanka 77 Estonia 78 Guatemala 79 Ukraine 80 Solomon Islands 81 Algeria 82 Palau 83 Jordan 84 Mauritius 85 Grenada 86 Antigua and Barbuda 87 Libya 88 Bangladesh 89 Macedonia 90 Bosnia-Herzegovina 91 Lebanon 92 Indonesia 93 Iran 94 Bahamas 95 Panama 96 Fiji 97 Benin 98 Nauru 99 Romania 100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 101 Moldova 102 Bulgaria 103 Iraq 104 Armenia 105 Latvia 106 Yugoslavia 107 Cook Islands 108 Syria 109 Azerbaijan 110 Suriname 111 Ecuador 112 India 113 Cape Verde 114 Georgia 115 El Salvador 116 Tonga 117 Uzbekistan 118 Comoros 119 Samoa 120 Yemen 121 Niue 122 Pakistan 123 Micronesia 124 Bhutan 125 Brazil 126 Bolivia 127 Vanuatu 128 Guyana 129 Peru 130 Russia 131 Honduras 132 Burkina Faso 133 Sao Tome and Principe 134 Sudan 135 Ghana 136 Tuvalu 137 Ivory Coast 138 Haiti 139 Gabon 140 Kenya 141 Marshall Islands 142 Kiribati 143 Burundi 144 China 145 Mongolia 146 Gambia 147 Maldives 148 Papua New Guinea 149 Uganda 150 Nepal 151 Kyrgystan 152 Togo 153 Turkmenistan 154 Tajikistan 155 Zimbabwe 156 Tanzania 157 Djibouti 158 Eritrea 159 Madagascar 160 Vietnam 161 Guinea 162 Mauritania 163 Mali 164 Cameroon 165 Laos 166 Congo 167 North Korea 168 Namibia 169 Botswana 170 Niger 171 Equatorial Guinea 172 Rwanda 173 Afghanistan 174 Cambodia 175 South Africa 176 Guinea-Bissau 177 Swaziland 178 Chad 179 Somalia 180 Ethiopia 181 Angola 182 Zambia 183 Lesotho 184 Mozambique 185 Malawi 186 Liberia 187 Nigeria 188 Democratic Republic of the Congo 189 Central African Republic 190 Myanmar --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The world health organization ranking. Based on What? Cost? Accessability? or Expertise and high tech procedures? This thread is losing it's focus in my opinion. If you are living in a cardboard hut on $3/ month you might want to look at where you can suck the most off a society, and live off a dime a day. I thought we were a group of successful traders here earning 6 figures+? My contributions on lifestyle and "best place" were based on this assumption. I may have been wrong. Sorry if I got into the wrong thread.
\ that's only part of the equation. the other part is how your neighbors are doing, if life sucks for them, the trickle-down effect ensures it will suck for you too. ie...Rio.