e-Estonia — Virtual residency in Estonia w/ gov issued digital I.D.

Estonia is pioneering a country without borders via e-Estonia. e-Residents can: - Digitally sign documents and contracts - Verify the authenticity of signed documents - Encrypt and transmit documents securely - Establish an Estonian company online within a day. At the moment a physical address in Estonia is required, which may be obtained using an external service provider. - Administer the company from anywhere in the world. - Conduct e-banking and remote money transfers. - Access online payment service providers - Declare Estonian taxes online. e-Residents receive a smart ID card which provides: - digital identification and authentication to secure services - digital signing of documents - digital verification of document authenticity - document encryption I'm not sure how useful this is, but it sure is cool, and can see it developing more (w/ other country adoption) in the future.