[rlpb]

It'd be much like trying to recover money stolen by a drug addict though. Instant bankruptcy and proportionally nothing recovered, to the point that it's not even really worth it.

[ISL]

A drug addict with a $14T GDP.

With ~7M deaths and a ~$1-10M value of human life [1], that's $7-70T in losses in lives alone, before lost productivity and economic value.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_life#:~:text=In%20Wes....

[rlpb]

Only if liability transfers to the state. Even if state-owned, plenty of state-owned enterprises have limited liability.

[emsign]

Even if that state has nukes?