[hackyhacky]

> Find a more niche market where you can have a monopoly, get comfortable, then you branch out

That's certainly a reasonable business strategy. But what is good for a business is not necessarily good for the country, which is exactly why anti-monopoly laws exist.

[ExoticPearTree]

As one politician once said "The interests of the state are not always the interests of the citizens".

And to your point: we have banana republics for a reason.