Whilst travelling recently, and in pensive conjunction with travels before, I've noticed something bizarre. The smaller, less-developed, more backward, insignifcant countries seem to utilise more significant and shouty visa stamps.
Two countries i am thinking of - Mozambique and Yemen - have both used a whole page for the visa sticker that the country issues. Whereas the more confident nations like UK, Singapore, UAE, use a tiny 3cm dia. stamp in good old-fashioned ink. It's funny that the most complex, expensive, holographic visa stamps come from the poorest countries with appallingly bad airport security. I guess this phenomenon is simliar to the landed gentry in the UK for example not necessarily having a lot of 'bling' and keeping their money where it matters, in property and swiss back account - i.e. not buying huge sooped up luxury cars and enormous jewelry.
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