In this way, these emerging markets are the sovereign equivalent of Tim Ferriss’s concept of geoarbitrage, where companies hire workers in emerging countries, sell their work product back home in the developed world, and pocket the spread. Mark’s goal is to obtain citizenship in several emerging countries in the belief that at least one is likely to hit it big. He realizes the old adage of getting in on the ground floor, and is seeking to get in early on countries that have a lot of potential.

