South Sudan will treadapath already navigated in recent years by East Timor, Eritrea, Slovakia, and the ex-Yugoslav and ex-Soviet republics that had big-country blessings on their birth.
With the two coxes both vying for the same quick water, they have to treada careful path between giving their crews the fastest conditions, and also the clearest run - which can sometimes have calamitous results.
By contrast, her speeches to MSPs, in Aberdeen, on the Mound and then at Holyrood, treada more cautious and subtle diplomatic path between stressing the distinct nature of Scotland and placing that distinction within a wider British context.
Albert2's mega processing power convinced the team to not tread the costly and familiar path of a second wind tunnel to conduct their aerodynamic development.