Estonia wants to become a 'country as a service'

Re:Estonia wants to become a 'country as a service' by Bartweiss on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:25AM (#11612160)

The cynical read on the same statement is "therefore other countries will stop respecting Estonian citizenship to maintain selectivity".

Shipping's been done under flags of convenience for years, but I suspect a lot of people will be deeply unwilling to walk that road for residence.

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Re:Estonia wants to become a 'country as a service' by sf_rob on Monday May 02, 2016 @03:08PM (#11614508)

>"therefore other countries will stop respecting Estonian citizenship to maintain selectivity".

This has already happened in St Kitts[1][2]. They sold citezenship with very few non-financial requirements and now other nations have started screening travellers from there more aggressively, requiring visas, etc.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_passport [2]http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/03/02/468953007/episo...

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