> There is not a single RIR that is not physically located in a country.
> You can hope they are more stable from a policy point of view, but, the > reality is that if someone shows up at the front door with tanks and > mortars, my money is not on the RIR. But they might choose a country in that region that is less likely to mess with the RIR. For instance, ARIN would probably be a lot safer in Canada than in the US... RIPE could relocate to Swiss or Sweden (although I think Holland is not that much of a risk), for instance. LACNIC in Uruguay seems a good choice to me, the same with AfriNIC in Mauritius. Rubens