There’s much more to Singapore’s ambitions to become the world’s first “smart nation” than what you see on the surface. Many countries have already started to make their cities smarter, and it’s only a matter of time before every major city in the developed world turns into a “smart city.” As one of the world’s only true city-states, Singapore is in a unique position to set itself up as the “smart city” exporter from which other nations get the expertise and supplies they need to build their own smart cities.