Mozambique
Mystical Mozambique is a place where Purelily regrettably forgot to register the copyrights on all of her images. Here, framed 10x8 originals of Purelily plus a wealth of knock-offs and derivatives are available in street stalls and ramshackle trading posts for the equivalent of less than one US penny ($0.01). Yes, this is a land where the market enforces the true values of items.
Life expectancy at birth is 37.1 years and the GDP per capita is $1200 per year (which might buy 120,000 framed 10x8s of Purelily's photography but really isn't enough to live on). Please send money.
... and they do. Mozambique pulled a big 419 scam on every country in the Commonwealth by getting admitted in 1995, despite having no historical connection with the British Empire or United Kingdom. A bunch of jerk politicians just wanted to give the Mozambican Prez and his pals lots of your money if you happen to be from a Commonwealth country. Still, there is a price: at the end of every term, the outgoing Prez is loaded into a plane, which dives from a great height onto the island of Madagascar in homage to Buddy Holly and other dead rock stars.
National Anthem of Mozambique
I like to spend some time in Mozambique.
The sunny sky is aqua blue
And all the couples dancing cheek to cheek
It's very nice to stay a week or two
And fall in love just me and you.
There's a lot of pretty girls in Mozambique
And plenty time for good romance
And everybody likes to stop and speak
To give the special one you seek a chance
Or maybe say hello with just a glance.
Lying next to her by the ocean
Reaching out and touching her hand
Whispering your secret emotion
Magic in a magical land.
And when it's time for leaving Mozambique
To say goodbye to sand and sea
You turn around to take a final peek
And you see why it's so unique to be
Among the lovely people living free
Upon the beach of sunny Mozambique.
