Using Long Term Covered Call Options to Combat Debt

In recent years especially with the financial crisis, a number of countries have found themselves needing a bail out of some sort. From the PIGS of Europe to South Asia and Africa. What all these countries have/had in common was the need for funds to facilitate a bailout of their faltering economies especially the banking sector.
Like the countries that need a bail LDC always need money to finance their debt and pay off any interest especially in time of uncertainty. The purpose of this paper is to present a way for such countries to meet their financial needs and to protect their banking sectors. Unlike businesses or corporations, countries have access to natural resources which can be got and sold on the world market for a profit. Some countries even have an immediate market for their minerals like oil and gold.
Almost all LDCs and a number of the other countries that needed bail out funds, have these resources that can be sold for profit. However in a situation where quick funds are needed, selling these resources would take a considerably long period of time which is not available at that instance. This can be remedied by the sell of long term covered call options on the resources of the different countries that need the funds.
An options strategy is when an investor holds a long position (owns the asset: in our case mineral) in an asset and writes (sells) call options on that same asset in an attempt to generate increased income from the asset. This strategy is often employed when an investor has a short-term neutral view on the asset and for this reason holds the asset long and simultaneously have a short position via the option to generate income from the option premium.By selling Long term covered call options, the country makes money that not only can be used to fund bailouts but can also be used for other budgetary expenditures.
To expand on this proposal let us apply it to the recent bailout received the government of Cyprus to protect its