Most countries are not as intrusive as the US. My sisters live and work in Canada, and the US government decided to make this difficult and expensive. I doubt that the Canadian government is interested in doing that to you as long as you live in the States. Just beware if you're thinking that with dual citizenship you can easily live and work in Canada.
The OP is thinking of living and working in the EU, so the same cautions apply.
Until recently it wasn't quite so onerous, although even then the US levied taxes on money earned elsewhere, which AFAIK most countries don't do. I once had American Depository Receipts on some dividend-bearing British stocks; I had to pay US income tax on those dividends every year along with filling out additional forms (and was no longer eligible for the easier short-form tax filings).
Hope that's helpful.
Mark
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