I've had a similar idea but more like a "startup farm" or house, but finding an entire small village suitable for this - I say go for it!

This is actually an idea of the kind where I think "I could do this for the rest of my life". Considering I'm the kind of person with tonnes of ideas and too little time to make them happen, that says a lot.

Even renting out a small office space in the middle of nowhere like a "get-things-done"-facility would probably work. I'm thinking of the HN story some time ago where the entire development department of a company went to Brazil, rented a cheap place and worked day and night to Get Things Done - and they did.

Sort of like an anti-spa. :)

Could be an extra income if nothing else.