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Countries are feemium model.

But really, when I read the Sovereign Individual and was introduced to the concept that citizens are customers and governments need to compete for them, I never looked at the world the same way.

Still easier to cancel than an Amazon subscription

And you can't even cancel the USA subscription, even if you no longer use the service (move to another country)

the one you cannot change too, forced to pay in