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drstewarttoday at 1:09 PM3 repliesview on HN

>Before Europe gets lumped in as one country

The classic European trick: it's one strong union when you want to use counting stats or independence from America , but you can't lump in the duchy 3km away as the same when you want to pick and choose the metrics that make you look good.


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mattashiitoday at 1:13 PM

I don't think it's that different from pointing out that registering and/or operating a company in e.g. Delaware or Texas is a very different experience from doing so in New York.

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dwrobertstoday at 1:12 PM

For one thing, it’s a geographic location and not automatically the same as the EU

lifestylegurutoday at 1:18 PM

The duchy 3km away is impenetrable fortress where the trace between money coming in and going out magically disappears.