Chapter 102: False and True

Plans always change faster than we can make them. Franz had just begun his move to swindle the Russians when he was forced to declare failure—the economic crisis had arrived.

The collapse of the free trade system hit the Holy Roman Empire hard, but it was France that crumbled first.

With no other choice and already reeling from a severe beating in the European wars, followed by the Russian calamities, France, even with its sizable assets, had lost all spirit.

After the Russian army withdrew, with the help of the Vienna Government, the French economy also began to slowly recover.

Everything seemed to be improving, but the enormous debt burden hindered the healthy growth of the French economy.

The benefits of economic recovery, aside from increasing employment and meeting the basic needs of the people, all went into the pockets of the Anti-French Alliance countries as reparations.