Then I grew up and realised that they're really just 40-odd identical channel strips, which do nothing more magical than the volume and tone controls on a home stereo.
No one, not even someone as polished as Sergei Lavrov, will ever convince anyone that the Czech Republic really should pay 30% more than Hungary for an identical product moving through the same pipeline network.
This is particularly evident in games like Diablo III or Path of Exile, with starting characters that are quite literally identical from one player to the next, and gear that never really does enough to set them apart.