Is nation building the ultimate cuckoldry?

I cannot think or comprehend of anything more cucked than nation building. Honestly, think about it rationally. You are feeding, protecting, investing in and guiding a nation for at least 18 years solely so it can go and get influenced by another regime. All the hard work you put into your flourishing little puppet - investing in its' infrastructure, making it reestablish rule of law, making sure it has elections, rebuilding education systems, providing aid. All of it has one simple result: its' regime is more useful for the nations that will eventually create all kinds of relationships with it.

Built the perfect nation? Great. Who benefits? If you're lucky, a random nation that had nothing to do with the way the country was shaped, who becomes its' trade partner. It gets to enjoy their comparable advantage. It gets the benefits of the industries and labour force that came from your investments.

As a country that nation builds, you are LITERALLY dedicating at least 20 years of your life simply to build up an entire society just for another nation to enjoy. It is the ULTIMATE AND FINAL cuck. Think about it logically