Buying homelands 
Economist article. The Maldives might soon be underwater and its new President is looking at buying itself a new country. "Itâs a buyerâs market in property these days; and, if the Maldivians are looking for an island, Iceland is said to be going cheap. But they may be spoilt for choice: think of all the tiresome bits of territory that other countries would like to offload. The snooty English, for instance, have long disparaged Wales, which they caricature unfairly as being populated mostly by Methodist preachers and disaffected sheep."
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12601940&fsrc=nwl
Economist article. The Maldives might soon be underwater and its new President is looking at buying itself a new country. "Itâs a buyerâs market in property these days; and, if the Maldivians are looking for an island, Iceland is said to be going cheap. But they may be spoilt for choice: think of all the tiresome bits of territory that other countries would like to offload. The snooty English, for instance, have long disparaged Wales, which they caricature unfairly as being populated mostly by Methodist preachers and disaffected sheep."
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12601940&fsrc=nwl
