>Be piss poor >Have low as Fuck population >Manage to

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.