having said that, i'd be all for you coming here to the most empire resistant region of the world, the balkans. we can get a lot more done here without having to go so far from the center here. the villages are robust to this where the people have steadfastly refused to leave and go back to the cities, this land has changed imperial hands several dozen times in the last 2000 years and this has baked a lot of self defence even into the middle levels of government, only the very top level is actually dangerous. belgrade, sofia, sarajevo, skopje, bucharest, those places are all very bad still, but still such rabbit ridden warrens that it can feel like they are safe. the selo is where to be. just sayin' tho, of course. you can study the history and culture of the region and you will find the same thing, i just learned it by accident because i thought cyrillic looks awesome.