>Be piss poor
>Have low as Fuck population
>Manage to still achieve great power status and keep it for a century
Look at how fucking large it was
You're welcome
>>73597280
If only Russkies had gone all the way and genocided you
We only managed that by fucking over our own population to an immense degree.
>>73597280
>piss poor
Leave the internet pl00x
>>73597568
We weren't??
>>73597568
But Jonte, we have been poor as dirt for almost our entire history.
>>73597587
If memory serves, GV made a bank by confiscating church property. Besides that, Sweden was one of the wealthier kingdoms back in the day.
I think.
>>73597542
Our nobility had extremely little power compared to pretty much every other country at the time
>>73597587
None of the Nordic countries were ever "piss poor"
>>73597799
Centralizing power to the royalty is what allowed them pursue their imperial ambitions.
>>73597943
We definitely were in the late 1800's. Why do you think so many people emigrated?
>>73598093
Because we have next to no arable land, Sven.