Have you? Assuming Google would want to not put all their chips on that one number and invest all available capital in the purchase of a nation, and assuming that nation were open to being purchased in the first place (big assumption; see Greenland), Google is absolutely still in a place to be able to purchase multiple smaller countries, or one larger one.
replyGreenland already has a wealthy benefactor, I'd be surprised if poor countries wouldn't be interested
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You don’t have to go ballistic!
replyNauru, possibly Tuvalu.
replyThe USA.
replyThat one's not a "could" as it's already been done. ;)
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