So it’s a method which best relates to motives like a personal vendetta (that’s where the horribly suffering part enters into it), but the means require the resources of a nation state. Tricky.
It does remind me of the Bulgarian Umbrella, though. Not a very pleasant death either, it must’ve taken a lot of time and effort to develop the method, the gear and refine the ricin, and if I recall it correctly, Georgi Markow was murdered because Todor Schiwkow was personally offended.