May be Moldova, which is having elections March 6. Mark Ames is on the campaign trail with Iurie Rosca, leader of the pro-Western — in fact Bush-ite (yes! they still exist!) — Christian Democrat party.

Between 1992 and 1997 alone, Moldova received over a half billion dollars in aid from the IMF and World Bank … The results were predictable: Moldova is now the poorest nation in Europe, its industry totally destroyed, its population in catastrophic decline, its bureaucracy riddled with corruption. Its only function is to make other poor European countries feel good about themselves. … Even Albanians are grateful that they aren’t Moldovans … Moldova is not only the poorest nation in Europe — it is the most miserable place I have ever visited …