Kinda like right here where I live. :
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Kinda! I haven't been everywhere, mind you, but in my new country a person has far more personal freedom than here, and the police are not well armed and do not go around in body armor. Opening a business, improving land, building/remodeling a home...all of that is MUCH easier to accomplish down there than here.
However, some of the countries down there are quite corrupt (not as bad as the USA) and petty theft is a huge problem. We've got no problem with petty theft in Uruguay and the government is too small and weak to be of any great irritant to folks.
Most people own their land and operate freely on it. The small amount of corruption is mainly in the large cities (2 of them) and is really nothing compared to a large American city.
The problem Westerners run into in SA is that business is done on a relational level down there, whereas we Americans look at everything from a transactional perspective. IE, if I want to buy a house here in the USA, I find a realtor and he figures out a way to make a transaction take place. Down there, you need to get to know the realtor socially, be introduced to his/her social and business circle and if they like you you'll get great service! If they don't like you, you will have a very, very hard time with the transaction.
We ran into a snag with our property purchase and our realtor (now a friend) actually loaned us a large amount of money for a couple weeks without us asking, without contract and without recourse to collect from us should we try something. He and his friends liked us and therefore we were treated very well.
And now that everyone paid everyone back, we're part of the inner circle and our next transactions will go even better.
Typically, had the same stuff gone on here in the USA, lawyers would get involved and people would lose money. But down there a relative stranger kicked in a lot of money like a family member would do! This type of thing can only come about when people are free to act and associate/disassociate with whomever they please. That sort of judgement is illegal in the US.
Steer clear of Paraguay, Venezuela and parts of Brazil....I've never been to Suriname or Guyana before. Chile is pretty cool, especially Valparaiso. Argentina is great too, as is Colombia, Ecuador and Peru....but nothing compares to Uruguay, IMO.
Uruguay is the USA 100 years ago, except with modern appliances, internet and good interstates. The mindset of the people flows from the fact that private property is the foundation of freedom.....and they don't do mortgages, so everyone owns their property free and clear.
I intend to revolutionize cannabis down there....what they have now is about on par with what I saw in the early 70's in junior HS.
Uncle Jimmy. 
i will watch that...
