No, it just needs some time and effort, and you need a good lawyer (I remember lcamtuf writing about it on his blog). You just need a residence (even if it's a coach (or basement) at your friend's) in a country for a few years; you need to visit periodically and ensure your lawyer is advancing your case. 3-5 years later (depending on the country, of course), you get citizenship and a passport. It's absolutely doable without too much of an effect on your financials if you work in tech or a similarly well-paid job. If you do this consistently over the years, you'd have 3-4 passports by your forties. Unfortunately, people under forty rarely seem to think that far ahead. I'm personally starting to really worry about retirement, but I'm too old and too ill now to jump ship like that...

BTW, I'd like to send you a private message - is the `pro` (at) your.domain a good way to do that?

I’m a citizen of three countries. I don’t know that it is all that unusual to have multiple citizenships, particularly for the very rich (a group I am most deinfitely not a part of) who might access citizenship via investment in a country.