Iceland with its pirate political party, and it still belongs to the European Economic Area, or Ireland, which has a growing tech sector, and it is part of the EU. Ireland is a tax-haven too. The U.S. government complains about Apple's tax havens, but the revenue lost by this move in jobs, and money in the U.S. is quite a bargaining chip.
I made my point less clear by trying to be concise. I just meant that in a lot of ways the influence of the United States isn't limited by its borders.