I get the feeling you are underestimating how difficult of a decision this is.

If you really care about doing the right thing down the line, I recommend thinking very long and very hard about it because, down the line if you do succeed, the time you have to take the decision will come and you will not be expecting it by then. Underestimating the situation is a sure-fire way to fail your own expectations.

Governments don't care about small startups with little reach. They will ask you when it's hard.

Should, but unfortunately one can't always forsee things that come up. If your spouse comes down with cancer, for instance, and you're reliant upon company insurance to pay for treatment, one might be tempted to put their spouse's treatment ahead of those ethics.

I'm not even really talking about profits, though. Just the basic amount needed to get by.