How to Acquire a Country: A Thought Experiment

Served light. Disclaimer: This is a thought experiment. Buying a country isn't a thing you can do, and most of the scenarios below would collapse under the weight of their own absurdity within about ninety minutes. Read this in the spirit it's offered: a way to poke at the seams of how sovereignty, capital, and technology actually fit together in 2026, dressed up as a hypothetical that shouldn't…