it's an atrocious lack of government ---------- governing for the people
if you have a tinpot tiny economy but, you have a whopper resourse of ..........
then when some monster company comes and wants to dig or drill up ...........
all you have to do is to say - this is what we want ---------- you put your price on it, you put a percentage of ownership in there - no liability AND you put in a guaranteed supply of free or capped price for supply to your people
and that's it - you don't budge
all the screaming in the world that says - but, but, but - they won't come, they'll go somewhere else - is total bullshit - as several countries in the world have clearly proved
if you have the goods - you have the power
the countries that fail - have pissweak leadership - who sell out one way or another or are just totally thick