I am thinking of the DS9 ep where Quark gets into Klingon financial shenanigans.

And I believe it's just the overcoming the challenge of building a house, declaring a "war on drugs" and actually winning it, discovering how to make an electromagnet as a way of conquering physics, getting into a fight over haggling on selling that rare Charizard card.

So same progress as Earth, just a different way of thinking? Probably totally inaccurate, but maybe a hint of Japanese culture?