If you are talking in general, Nauru, if it must be a western country I pick San Marino.

Couple minor corrections...electors assemble in their state capitols and forward their votes to Congress, Elector slates are chosen *before* the election (remember, early in the process there were several Republican elector candidates who publicly said they wouldn't vote for Mitt Romney...I have no idea what states they were from, which puts into question their ability to carry out their stated wishes). Some states have laws which say that their electors are *required* to vote for the candidate they were pledged for, but it is unknown if those laws would pass constitutional muster. Some states (Maine and Nebraska) have their electoral votes apportioned by Congressional district, and then the two "extra" (for Senatorial representation) go to the statewide winner. This actually happened in Nebraska last time, which cast 4 votes McCain-Palin and 1 Obama-Biden. The states choose the rules for how electors are selected, they could even go back to appointment by the legislature (used in South Carolina until 1860, and presented as a possible solution to the 2000 Florida mess). There have been 4 elections where the "winner" in popular vote lost the election...1824, where General Jackson won 41% of the vote, 11 states, to Secretary Adams 31% and 7 states (two other candidates split the rest), John Quincy Adams was elected President by the House of Representatives, 1876 where Governor Tilden led Governor Hayes by 250,000 votes, but because of irregularities in the South, several sets of returns were sent. They threw the whole thing to a bipartisan commission, but one of the Independents selected got elected to the Senate from Illinois and had to drop out, and was replaced by a Republican. The Democrats from the South folded when it was promised that the Federal government would end Reconstruction, and Rutherford Hayes was elected president. In 1888, President Cleveland lost reelection after his first term in spite of leading Senator Harrison by 90,000 votes nationally, because he narrowly lost New York and Indiana, and of course, in 2000, Vice-President Gore led by 500,000 votes nationally yet lost to Governor Bush when Bush won Florida due to the Supreme Court ruling. It is still possible, especially given Governor Romney's huge leads in the South, that he may win the popular vote and lose either narrowly or by a considerable margin in the Electoral College.

Except that this isn't coming from the politicians...the proposal is the brainchild of European telecom companies, who are looking to make a cash grab because their uses are getting to high bandwidth US sites. Of course, I am amused how secret ITU treaty negotiations are bad when they negatively affect US companies, but how secret ACTA treaty negotiations are good when they protect US companies...

Note that at least in Wisconsin, if not other places, workers have been told: While you should certainly help customers who come in asking for a free ID to check the appropriate box, you should refrain from offering the free version to customers who do not ask for it. See http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/host.madison.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/65/265445bc-d8cd-11e0-b017-001cc4c002e0/4e668d1c66c3d.pdf.pdf for the actual memo...

The general policy for the Alamo is no children under 6 (except on special days or sometimes for G rated movies), children over 6 only with a parent or guardian (who must sit with them), and families with loud children will be asked to leave. And they serve beer. What more do you want for a movie experience as an adult?

Except that the Texas Legislature passed in its recently concluded regular session pretty much exactly the same law (House Bill 2403). The governor vetoed it, but the Legislature is looking at either attempting to override the veto (which they probably would easily do, given the margins the bill passed by, if they are allowed to do so in a special session), or sticking it into the overall budget bill in the special session (which they've already done).

Ahh...but remember The Who "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss". There will always be *some* government, and as long as you aren't at a policy making level, you are probably safe...