In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a capability to: receive an indication of a receipt of a first packet that is specified according to an Internet Protocol (IP) network protocol; identify, from a header of the first packet, network path information that is based on a first policy and includes: a region scoped outside-scope identifier that: is in an identifier space having a scope that spans a first region of the network, does not include a network interface identifier portion specified by the IP network protocol for identifying any network interface, and identifies, in the first region, a second region of the network, where the network path, along which first data is transmitted, includes: a first path segment that communicatively couples the current node and the second region, and a second path segment in the second region; and cause transmission, based on the region scoped outside-scope identifier, of the first data from the current node to a border node of the second region via the first path segment.