Chapter 641： Disrupt (1/2)

The French restarted the colonial development plan, which caused a stir. With this successful example in Austria, no one can be sure that the French will fail.

In recent years, France has gradually become disadvantaged in international competition. The biggest problem is that the domestic economic development has encountered a bottleneck and cannot keep up with the pace of Britain and Austria.

Especially in the last two years, the economic growth rate of France has dropped sharply, while the economies of Britain and Austria have continued to soar.

It can be seen from the economic aggregate that Britain, which was originally surpassed by the French, is now showing signs of catching up.

This is not a small problem. The total population of the British Isles is only over 31 million, and now France has a population of nearly 60 million.

Calculating per capita income alone, the income of the French people is only 60% of that of the British.

This is mainly due to the hindrance of the Italian region, especially the southern Italian region, where the local or agricultural economy has hardly developed in recent years.

If we calculate the total amount of industry, this gap will be even more disparate. The total industrial output of Greater France is less than half of that of the British and less than 40% of that of Austria.

Over time, this gap continues to widen. In this era, you have not realized the power of industry, but you can clearly feel that you have no money in your pocket.

At its peak, French fiscal revenue was close to the British, and during the Napoleon III era, it was still possible to compete with the British. Now France's fiscal revenue is a little higher than the British mainland.

This is the effect of the butterfly effect. The Italian region is divided into two. At the peak of France + half of Italy + colonies, it is not surprising that fiscal revenues are closer to the British.

However, the amount of water in it is very large, and the real economy accounts for a very small proportion. The processing and manufacturing industry accounts for only about 10% of the French economy. The rest is not agriculture, but also the financial industry, and some service industries. The largest proportion.

What is vain is vain, and not because of beautiful lies.

Since the last economic crisis, France's bubble economy has been burst. In the absence of an industrial pillar, the financial industry alone cannot support an empire.

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As the biggest beneficiary of developing a colony, the Vienna government is undoubtedly the most aware of the benefits.

If the benefits are not big enough, even if Franz persists, Austrian Africa will not develop where it is today.

In colloquial terms, once the colonies were developed, industrial raw materials would not worry, and commodity sales markets would also be available.

Now the market of Austrian Africa is not weaker than that of Spain. All Austrian colonies add up. This market is almost the same as the Popo Federation.

This is just the beginning. There are more than 20 million square kilometers. The development potential is not comparable to that of the Popo Federation.

It is by virtue of this reserved land and the large local market that Austria can rise to become the world's largest industrial country.

Since the French restarted the colonial plan, the Austrian government has been vigilant. The French Empire is now very large. If the last shortcoming is solved, it will also be a threat to Austria.

Minister of Economy Reinhard Hardegen: ”French economic development is constrained by industrial raw materials and is now approaching its limits. Now the French government's restart of its colonial development plan is clearly a self-help movement.

If the French plan succeeds, and we want to economically defeat France, it will be a bubble.

The European continent is small and cannot accommodate so many large countries. With the development of industry, conflicts between countries will continue to increase in the future, and there may even be a war that will sweep across Europe.

If the French cannot be suppressed on the occasion, the French will inevitably collide with us in the future, which cannot be prevented by personal strength.

For the long-term stability of the empire, we need to eliminate this hidden danger in advance. I propose action against the French to undermine their colonial development plans. ”

No vigilance, who makes Napoleon so powerful? Even after so many years, the Vienna government has never relaxed their vigilance.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Weissenberg: ”I oppose that the French colonial development plan has failed once. It is also unknown whether this time will succeed.

We must not allow France and Austria to oppose each other ahead of time because of uncertain risks.