> Hire a bunch of talented people who care about the wellbeing of their nation state, pay them well enough This is impossible. Any large organization eventuall

> Hire a bunch of talented people who care about the wellbeing of their nation state, pay them well enough This is impossible. Any large organization eventually resorts to using pay scales to combat corruption. When the right people will be 10+x more effective than the wrong people, pay scales are impossible. Literally the entire reason why large organizations resort to hiring contractors is because they know it's impossible for them to hire good people directly.