if only people still dressed like that lel. friesland is still one of the nicer looking parts of the netherlands.    > and yet western european industrial output alone dwarfs russia. i hope so for 2 continents that have a combined population that is 5-6x that of russia lol.  usa before ww2 was a giant in terms of consumer manufacturing. especially for all the essential goods for military production. this is unfortunately less the case for european powers. the high spread in the production chain divided between countries doesn't help efficiency either. it did help making countries mutually dependent on one another, thereby reducing risk of internal european conflicts.
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