it's very cheap to live there, IF you can handle the local food. beware hamburger, it's not beef, unless at Wendy's. it's dog, cat, rat, or even cardboard, soaked in formulin, to make the dog meat go further in the mix. it;'s the entertainment and women that make it cost MORE to live in Asia than it costs to live without a woman here. google for "Bureau of Land Management" mining and grazing claims (20 acres is $120 per year) Ditto national and state forests/parks for camping permit there's plenty of room for one person in a short wheelbased mini-van, if you take out the rear and passenger seats, cut 4 drawer chests of drawers in half horizontally and strap them down, so they dont fall over. buiild a 2x4 and particle board box, 2.5 ft high, 3 ft wide, and 6.5 ft long, to sleep in. insulate it with 2" styrofoam sheets, and make it light tight with spray styrofoam, so you can use your laptop at sleeping spots. but DO open up a couple of breathing holes before sleeping.
if you are legally parked, move morning and night and your stuff is covered with blankets and you are out of sight./dont/move/answer when they knock ,there's nothing that anyone can do. get ccw pistol permits in as many states as possible, if you move a lot. have one claim up north or in the mountains for summer and one down south or at low elevation for winter. you can have a garden, small livestock, hunt, fish, all the rights of an owner.