A little while ago a very unique auction popped up on ebay. It's for Iceland. The entire country.
You know, the land to our North that's going belly up faster than a Wall Street trader. Here's the description...
Unique opportunity to buy a Northern European country: Iceland.Established in 874 by Ingólfur Arnarson Iceland is the least populous of the Nordic countries with a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km²..
Located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the North Atlantic Ocean, Iceland will provide the winning bidder with - a habitable environment, Icelandic Horses and admittidly a somewhat sketchy financial situation.
Big Towns and Cities including: Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Akureyri & Reykjanesbær.
Bid on it here. Hopefully you have a chance to bid before they pull it down.
Thankfully Björk is not included in this auction. Which is why the price isn't lower.
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But only if i get to wear a horned helmet and dole out justice with a giant axe...
dammit....it's gone...looks like our chances for making a run to a nation with a tanking economy that has low heating bills are gone...
"Because of the special geological situation in Iceland, the high concentration of volcanoes and geothermal energy are very often used for heating and production of electricity. The energy is so inexpensive that in the wintertime, some pavements in Reykjavík and Akureyri are heated.
In Iceland, there are five major geothermal power plants which produce about 26% (2006) of the country's electricity. In addition, geothermal heating meets the heating and hot water requirements for around 87% of the nation's buildings."