An associate I correspond with was looking at, potentially, other places to move, being all scared by the encroachment on civil liberties during this de facto war time.
Another associate suggested looking at countries with economic freedom, as ranked by the Cato Institute. He noted that source pointed to Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, Luxemborg, and Netherlands in that order, though he was willing to concede that economic freedom might not translate to political freedom in the cases of Singapore (or in the transitioning Hong Kong).
My suggestion was the information at Freedom House. In their survey on freedom, the highest scores (1 out of 7 on political rights, 1 out of 7 on civil liberties) went to Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Cypress (Greek area), Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Is., Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuvalu, United States, and Uruguay.
The stats should be looked at in detail to look for longer-term trends. Some of the nations (Uruguay, for example) have had significantly different ratings in the not-too-distant past.
Tuvalu is presently being evacuated because it is sinking, so it’s not a good choice.
Of the “economic freedom” states, Freedom House ranked Singapore as 5/7, 5/7 (Partly Free). Hong Kong was not separately rated. The UK rated 1/7, 2/7 (Free).
Looking at FH’s Press Freedom survey, the countries in 2001 with the most free press are: Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Is., Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, St. Lucia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the US.
Singapore is rated as Not Free. The UK ranks as Partly Free.
I hear airline tickets on international travel are quite reasonable right now …