We are the real America/Australia [insert country of choice].
We say: Pour yourself a glass of something cold, and transport yourself to your Mediterranean country of choice.
Once that has been done, industry trade shows are often a good place to find foreign importers eager to carry products in the exporter's country of choice.
Britain would not be the primary country of choice for Bulgarians to go and work, sniffed Nikolay Mladenov, adding that his country's economy is most closely connected to Germany's.
The loophole allows big companies to pretend legally that they are based offshore (Bermuda has been the country of choice) and then filter profits through a third country (most often Barbados), avoiding American income taxes.
To tease out the elements of niceness, I asked the dreaded question one last time on Twitter last week, but insisted that people specify what made their country of choice so friendly.
When doctoral students were asked whether they would be staying in their host country of choice, those who answered from the Netherlands were more likely to want to stay than those answering in France or Britain.
For those without the means to flee to Europe, the Americas or Australia, the country of choice has become Iran, which has much better job and educational prospects than Pakistan, and where many Afghans speak the language.
It revealed Switzerland as the country of choice for fiscal refugees, including national treasures such as actor Alain Delon, singer Johnny Hallyday and a colony of tennis players and sports stars.
What is more surprising still is that China, which traditionally aroused more prejudices and suspicions here than any other nation, has become the country of choice for foreign spouses.
