President Amelia was having a good day.
While six trillion was truly a lot, it was still very much worth it to get her hands on dozens of Masters and thousands of Seniors. Statistically, by Gorteau's breakthrough rate, she could expect that several of those additional Masters would go on to become Sages while hundreds of the Seniors would go on to become Masters.
With that consideration in mind, six trillion dollars was still very much tolerable. Considering how quickly her opponent and opposition relented to it, they, too, must have agreed with her.
It would be a long-term investment that slightly slowed down how quickly they fell behind the Kandrian Empire. With its own endless supply of breakthroughs and an extraordinary manifold that accelerated time, it was destined to vastly surpass the Republic of Gorteau and its peers in East Panama.