In a hard world:

• compute depends on power and cooling

• power depends on grids, transformers, fuel, permitting

• chips depend on fabs, tools, chemicals, and upstream inputs

• batteries depend on mineral chains and processing

• drones depend on manufacturing depth and components

• cities depend on housing, logistics, and buildable governance

Everything is stacked. Everything is physical somewhere.

Hard World Order is when nations and cities compete on their ability to deliver the stack, not merely narrate it.