You might consider Michigan. We’ve got a very tech friendly governor and an increasingly right leaning state. Tech seems centered around very liberal Ann Arbor and moderate to conservative Grand Rapids.
We’ve got a beautiful state with more hunting and fishing than we can handle. We have both open and concealed carry. Its cold but not North Dakota cold and the lakes tend to moderate the plains storms so they usually aren’t too bad.
You might find some info here on potential business opportunities. http://www.michiganadvantage.org/
I’ve also been keeping a legislative action thread over here so you can see the direction we’re taking. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2967053/posts?page=1
We’re mostly headed in the right direction.
Too bad about the festering boil known as Detroit. ;-)