Most countries have had films shot in them. Globally, the film industry does seem to have unusually strong sway with politicians though, considering the relatively small amount of money and people involved.<p>With regards to dotcom&#x27;s extradition, I do think the initial raid on his house was an absolute disgrace, but it seems pretty unlikely that he would have had the grace of the court this long in any other OECD country, although that&#x27;s partly because of the idiotically bungled warrants. The extradition process would have been much faster from the UK for example. [1]<p>As a rule, our judges are typically not very cooperative with <i>our</i> government [2], let alone foreign ones.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_treaty_of_2003" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_trea...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.stuff.co.nz&#x2F;nelson-mail&#x2F;69299045&#x2F;judge-critical-of-police-after-botched-red-devils-gang-operation" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.stuff.co.nz&#x2F;nelson-mail&#x2F;69299045&#x2F;judge-critical-o...</a>