[arp242]

One of the big problems you tend to run in with these kind of things are visa regulations; turns out that getting a work visa for a lot of these countries can actually be harder than getting one for a Western country. Especially if you're "just a guy" rather than a big company (i.e. me) it's pretty hard.

I live in Indonesia on the "series of tourist visas" work-around. Getting a work visa is hard because I don't have an Indonesian employer to sponsor me or the money to start a proper entrepreneur visa. There are probably some work-around available by having an Indonesian found the company and "employ" me, but it's all very iffy and quickly becomes complex. When I looked at options a few years ago something similar applied to most countries.

It's their country and they can do what they want, but it seems to me that it's kind of a missed opportunity.