Together, we have developed a simple travel algorithm:
Good Places to Travel without Being Kidnapped = NOT(Lots of drug cartels OR Large Muslim population)
Or you could follow all the rules in the article, pretending not to be who you are. I bet our algorithm is better than 95% accurate in making predictions.
I’ve heard about folks who’ve gotten those Conch Republic passports who got out of kidnappings because the kidnappers didn’t think they were from the US.