National resources were squandered. But through these oppressive measures, the governments and countries that had control over the sea managed to gain power and accumulate wealth for themselves.
Sun zalunci al'ummomi, sun kame kasashe, sun sace albarkatun kasashe da al'ummomi; wadannan gwamnatoci da kasashen da suka sami ikon kame tekun ta wadannan hanyoyi na zalunci sun sami nasarar tattaro dukiya da karfi mai yawan gaske wa kawukansu.