How to get the government of an impoverished nation to bow to your every request? Become famous.. like really REALLY famous… then get pregnant.

Ok got that?

Alright.. next step. Enter said impoverished nation, announcing to the world that THIS is where you intend on birthing your baby - and THEN spend lots of money with the inferred promise of increased tourism and appeal because your HUGE star celebrity status will turn the worlds impression of the impoverished country on its collective heel.

Once you’ve done that - you can DICTATE! W00T!

You can secure the borders. You can secure the airspace. You can ban foreign reporters from even ENTERING the country! The leader of said impoverished country will BOW to your every whim because of the promise and potential that your, apparently incredibly powerful, star studded celebrity status and fame will bring into the country.

Make sure you make up for all that incredible self-importance by selling the first pictures of your newborn for $5.4Mil and donating the proceeds to charity.

Namibia: Government for hire.

Are we having fun yet?

Namibia ‘bowed to pressure’ from Pitt and Jolie over birth

The Republic of Namibia - the impoverished country of 1.8 million known for its wild remoteness - not only welcomed the movie stars, it handed over control of its international land borders and airspace to them.

As the world awaited the birth of the child at a luxury villa complex on the coast, Namibian authorities said they had bowed to pressure from Jolie and Pitt and granted them the right to ban foreign journalists from entering the country - a remarkable move for the Government of any sovereign state.

The stars told ministers they would quit the country unless allegedly intrusive journalists and paparazzi were brought to heel.

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But the exceptionally high-profile presence of Pitt and Jolie promises to be a massive boost to tourist income in the desperately poor country, where the average wage is $46 a week.

Three weeks ago, one South African and three French photographers were expelled from Namibia, a move attacked by human rights groups as a clear breach of the country’s civil liberties legislation.

Nonsense, said the Government. “This lady is expecting,” Prime Minister Nahas Angula said at the time. “You guys are harassing her. Why don’t you allow her some privacy? Harassment is not allowed in Namibia.”

Emphasis mine.