A small japanese village named, Nishiawakura is making their economy much more beneficial with the help of cryptocurrencies by launching a Initial Coin Offering. I think it is a best way to help some small villages to grow up with really good profits and also it might bring the cryptocurrencies some more close to legalisation.
The village is home of approximately 1500 villagers and and they unveiled their plans to launch a regional initial coin offering.
Report by coindesk
https://www.coindesk.com/japanese-village-to-launch-nations-first-municipal-ico/This is a perfect head start and i hope that several such villages can soon adapt this strategy to strengthen their economy
People are used to only have national currencies printed by governments but in the past there were regional currencies that were used only in certain regions of a country and even some towns had their own currencies as well, with cryptocurrencies now becoming more widely adopted there is the possibility for small villages to create their own smart contracts and their own coins, and through very small icos they could get funding to create projects in their community, so it seems cryptocurrencies are already changing the way people perceive the economy and that is a good thing.