State formation dynamics and developmental outcomes -- South Korea: confrontation and the formation of a cohesive state -- Indonesia: from accommodation to confrontation -- Rival state formations in China: the republican and Maoist states -- Vietnam: accommodation and arrested revolution -- Organizing accommodation in Vietnam: coalition government, united front, and Leninist party -- Organizing accommodation in Indonesia: parliament and status-based parties -- Talking accommodation in Vietnam: nation, the people, and class struggle -- Talking accommodation in Indonesia: nation, the people, God, and Karl Marx -- Rethinking developmental states.