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Expatriator Publishes All 108 Rules Used to Score 63 Countries
The published record for every score includes the benchmark used to assign it, the evidence date, and the review record.
July 28, 2026. A country score of 7 says little if the publisher never defines 5 or 10. Expatriator has now published those definitions for all 36 attributes in its 63-country Index.
The 108 fixed anchors cover visa access, tax, housing, citizenship, healthcare, schools, infrastructure, climate risk, and daily life. In every attribute, 10 is the more favorable result. For cost and tax burdens, a 10 means the burden is lower.
Expatriator groups the 36 attributes under six pillars: Access, Economic, Optionality, Community, Resilience, and Lifestyle. All seven profiles use the same country evidence and apply different weights. The profiles are Digital Nomad, AI-Displaced Worker, Political Refugee, Family, Regime Arbitrageur, FIRE Seeker, and Wellness Migrant.
How Expatriator assigns a score
A score records Expatriator's judgment on the evidence available at the review date. The numbers show order: for a selected profile, 8 ranks above 6.
The published record for each score includes the applicable anchor, baseline assumptions, evidence date, and review metadata. The methodology also lists demographic gates and the rules for re-anchoring a score.
Version 1.0.1 was reviewed on July 10, 2026. The registry stores an integrity fingerprint for each country record. Any change to score evidence or review metadata requires a new snapshot.
Methodology note: Some legacy evidence predates claim-level source URLs.
What happens after a country comparison
The Index is Expatriator's Country Intelligence layer. A reader who opens a case can retain the countries considered, route checklist, documents, and supported appointment alerts. The Compliance Manager tracks later obligations and deadlines.
About Expatriator
The Expatriator is the pseudonymous operator behind Expatriator. For more than two decades, he has worked where immigration, residency, citizenship, tax, banking, and everyday bureaucracy collide. Expatriator publishes the assumptions, scoring rules, evidence, limitations, and operational lessons behind its country intelligence and case-management systems.