Muddy environments are countries ranked low in ease of doing business and with low levels of bribery. In these countries, highly bureaucratic processes to get licenses and permissions act as a barrier to doing business efficiently. In general, they have outdated and complicated procedures that make running or trading with a business slow and expensive. Usually, firms have difficulties getting these governments to disclose accurate information that directly affects their business there. Also, these countries often have unified and non standardized trade and custom procedures, along with high government levies. Despite the ineffectiveness of their bureaucratic systems, these countries have strong governments with strict mechanisms to protect business against corruption. Thus, in muddy environments we can calculate and determine risk in advance because of the unwavering legal framework, even if the procedures are slow, inefficient and costly