I found the description for a fictional South American nation in a 1950s 'Boys Own Adventure', the character giving the description is the leader of a gang of spies giving the obligatory 'spill the beans' speech to his henchmen, the key line is in the title of this post.

Here is a fuller quote with some of the specifics redacted.

"...there is room for men of enterprise no matter what their nationality... 'Small but Strong' is our motto. This is the age of ascendancy for small nations... In these days a scientific secret can make a small nation a great power. On that thesis my Government builds. ...is a country organized for espionage on a scale never before dreamed of. We fish in every water and sell our catch in the best market. We are proxy spies for the great nations and they pay dearly for the embarrassment we save them when their own agents are detected."

This might make an interesting location for Traveller in one of the wilder sectors outside the Imperium. The question would be where and how to display this on the UWP.

If anyone is interested I do have a scan of the full page this quote comes from and will supply it on request.

Graham