1. Source registry
VersionedEvery production source is recorded with its license, geographic resolution, refresh interval, redistribution limits, and validation state.
Methodology
Transparent destination intelligence
NomadNation is built to separate facts, estimates, community observations, derived scores, and demonstration data. The interface should always make that distinction visible.
2. Normalization
VersionedUnits, currencies, geographic levels, seasons, outliers, and missing data are normalized in versioned pipelines.
3. Confidence
VersionedEach metric can expose observation count, age, source class, geographic fit, and a confidence score rather than presenting false precision.
4. History and change
VersionedMetric snapshots, rank movement, scoring versions, and editorial overrides retain an audit trail.
5. Human review
VersionedAnomaly alerts, community corrections, safety reports, and disputed data enter a documented editorial queue.
NomadNation Score
The overall score is a weighted blend of affordability, remote-work readiness, quality of life, safety, community, climate, healthcare, social life, and family suitability. Default weights are public in the source code, and the personalized ranking tool lets members adjust them. Low-confidence dimensions can be qualified or suppressed rather than allowed to dominate a ranking.
Production teams should publish scoring-version notes and regression results before changing the formula.