Chapter 12, The Astute Wilhelm II

The bubble was pricked, and as the economic leader, Shinra suffered the greatest loss; as the second-largest industrial nation in the capitalist world economic system, Britannia's loss was naturally the second-largest.

Regardless of whether the two nations were politically opposed, economically they were already tied together. The economic bubble in the Shinra Empire was severe, and Britannia's economic bubble was not much less.

In fact, the crisis should have erupted after the end of the European wars, but it was suppressed by the combined forces of various parties.

The Vienna Government took measures, and the London Government was not idle. During the Gladstone Cabinet's tenure, Britannia's foreign strategy nearly collapsed entirely, and if economic prosperity also vanished, it was estimated that the British public would tear them apart.