Also, your observations about “east” fail to account for places like Japan, South Korea, and in terms of trust, I think you find high trust in places like Singa

Also, your observations about “east” fail to account for places like Japan, South Korea, and in terms of trust, I think you find high trust in places like Singapore, but only from a certain set of empowered locals, ditto Dubai… But your intended generalism is perhaps Eastern Europe?