Other high-society locations wafting in an air of sufficiently bond-like decadence include the bahamian gambling resort of paradise island , featured both in thunderball and casino royale .
When the bahamas raised its fees , for instance , oil and others persuaded samoa to rewrite its laws within three weeks to make it easy for bahamian firms to redomicile there .
" They offered a substantial gift and we opted for a national stadium , " said charles maynard , the bahamian sports minister , adding that his government could never have afforded to build it on its own .
