"Sorry for demanding that you spell it out, but on your best knowledge and best guess, how much does the Chelian version of Governance reliably care about not looking like they're bad trade partners when dealing with somebody like me?  Are they liable to, I dunno, yoink all the gains from trade with a clever contract term and then classify the whole thing a secret so that nobody knows about it?"  That kind of thing being allowed to governments is still weirding Keltham out, he's only been here a day and that's not nearly enough time to get used to the idea of governments behaving like the governments here do.

"Sorry for demanding that you spell it out, but on your best knowledge and best guess, how much does the Chelian version of Governance reliably care about not looking like they're bad trade partners when dealing with somebody like me?  Are they liable to, I dunno, yoink all the gains from trade with a clever contract term and then classify the whole thing a secret so that nobody knows about it?"  That kind of thing being allowed to governments is still weirding Keltham out, he's only been here a day and that's not nearly enough time to get used to the idea of governments behaving like the governments around here.