As I understand the issue, I gotta have one of my registrant/admin/tech names living in the country of the domain. Does this mean I have to hire some special group who has offices there? Set up a P.O. box in a different country? Cut my long-lost weirdo cousin in on my business?
Some domain extensions do have residency requirements, but this requirement is not IDN specific.
The only extensions that we offer that require residency are .US, .ASIA and .EU. None of these extensions currently supports IDNs. You should be able to register your IDN's without having a contact record in another country.