Tajikistan - I wish I was in the land of cotton...

Cotton, 'white gold', is the number one cash crop for Central Asian states but in Tajikistan you'd be richer if you grew potatoes and less likely to bothered by oppressive state policies like forced labour. A recent report has suggested the regions dependance on a single cash crop actually fosters a less free society as the state runs a plantation style economy more from EurAsianet...