[tsuyoshi]

When I was living in Cambodia, I heard someone talking about how you could buy citizenship there. I assumed that it would be involve bribing a government official, since that's the kind of place Cambodia is. But I found out that in fact, Cambodian nationality law explicitly says you can apply for citizenship after donating 1 billion riel (about $250 thousand) to the government. But you still have to pass a Cambodian language test (which I've heard you can bribe your way around anyway - total cost I've heard is about $500 thousand).

Unfortunately though, a Cambodian passport is almost worthless. You get visa-free entry to ASEAN (Southeast Asia) countries and that's about it. My daughter has Cambodian citizenship, but I never bothered to apply for a Cambodian passport for her, since her US passport is totally sufficient.

That deal on Cypriot citizenship seems like a pretty good deal though. An EU passport would be more valuble than just about anything else. I imagine it won't last though; I would bet the other EU members would try to stop it.

http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5210.html

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pros-and-cons-selling-...