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by ISL 1334 days ago
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....

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