user662: It seems that at some point countries will start cracking down on Bitcoins.  And Bitcoin is designed to handle that.  However, are there some countries that are openly friendly to bitcoin businesses and/or have a history of permitting additional currencies.  
To put this question in another way, are there countries that are to Bitcoins like Switzerland is to banking?

user409: I truly believe the USA is very unlikely to crack down on Bitcoin. Despite its flaws, the USA still has a robust and deep-seated history of allowing innovations and freedom. The reason we hear so much noise and fury over US government proposals to do X, Y and Z is precisely because US culture is so comparatively good at protecting freedoms. Crackdowns like the war on drugs, the war on terror and the war on piracy, are actually just high-profile exceptions to an otherwise remarkably free society. Americans: your country ain't perfect, but you don't know how good you have it! :)

user117: One possible location would be Nowhereisland - a new nation born from an arts project. It is extremely liberal in it's views and is still in formation.

user6: Sweden has a pirate party, which "received 7.13% of the total Swedish votes in the 2009 European Parliament elections", though only 0,63% of the votes in the national parliamentary elections, according to the Wikipedia article. Support for such parties, will make other parties think twice before waging a war on something like Bitcoins, so they do not risk loosing votes to the pirate party.

662: <p>It seems that at some point countries will start cracking down on Bitcoins.  And Bitcoin is designed to handle that.  However, are there some countries that are openly friendly to bitcoin businesses and/or have a history of permitting additional currencies.  </p>

<p>To put this question in another way, are there countries that are to Bitcoins like Switzerland is to banking?</p>
 409: <p>I truly believe the USA is very unlikely to crack down on Bitcoin. Despite its flaws, the USA still has a robust and deep-seated history of allowing innovations and freedom. The reason we hear so much noise and fury over US government proposals to do X, Y and Z is precisely because US culture is so comparatively good at protecting freedoms. Crackdowns like the war on drugs, the war on terror and the war on piracy, are actually just high-profile exceptions to an otherwise remarkably free society. Americans: your country ain't perfect, but you don't know how good you have it! :)</p>
 117: <p>One possible location would be <a href="http://nowhereisland.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/" rel="nofollow">Nowhereisland - a new nation born from an arts project</a>. It is extremely liberal in it's views and is still in formation.</p>
 6: <p>Sweden has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_%28Sweden%29" rel="nofollow">pirate party</a>, which "received 7.13% of the total Swedish votes in the 2009 European Parliament elections", though only 0,63% of the votes in the national parliamentary elections, according to the Wikipedia article. Support for such parties, will make other parties think twice before waging a war on something like Bitcoins, so they do not risk loosing votes to the pirate party.</p>
