— "They're running the war as though it were a business, you see. Every country needs to be able to defend themselves, after all, and there aren't many alternative market systems which encourage offering support. So, ultra-liberalist states can send lethal aid to one another in exchange for favors, much like a bank would provide a loan to a new company. But unlike a bank, the repayment doesn't necessarily have to be fiscal. Economies damaged by the war effort can be bolstered through alternative diplomatic channels."

[Hard: Success] — Two oceans away, in a town whose name you'll never know, cluster bombs blow craters into the surrounding mud. The land swallows up untold gallons of blood and fuel, drawing it deep within itself; too deep for it to ever be drawn back out again. In the air is a chill, and the stenches of black powder and copper. A century from now, un-detonated landmines will still take lives of those who tread here.

— "Like a startup."

— "Like a startup."