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That's a very interesting aspect regarding the citizenship angle... hadn't thought of that... certainly could be influential on a decision...

I heard an idea once that high mobility could lead to countries having to 'compete' for citizens!

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The way I see it, if theres another world war or other major global event and I need to relocate for whatever reason, having a citizenship in a country that meets my criteria would be extremely beneficial. If I were to actually invest, then obviously theres more to be considered - like actual value of the investment, difficulty of traveling to/from country (especially under extreme circumstances), relations with other countries and so on.

My criteria is based around the fact that the one EU country is as good as the rest, really (and I already have an EU passport), same goes for commonwealth countries. Finally, theres no point in "hiding away" in a country that will give in to US pressure without a fight either.

We already have rather high mobility - it's just to countries that aren't as attractive (non-G20 countries). Even then, if you have a college degree, it's relatively trivial to get into a number of them (Canada being top of mind).

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