Chapter 479: Economy and Nation
When Mussoni ascended the throne of Italian Prime Minister, the news was sent to Romania. Edel looked at the familiar name, and he could basically guess what was going on.
As a nascent party, especially the ruling party, the party needs to be supported by outstanding results. Of course, the fastest results need to be closely related to people's livelihood, so traffic and law and order are the easiest goals to achieve.
This is also the reason why the mafia fled to the United States in large numbers in the *** era, it is really too low-level to cut people on the street compared to the other party to play politics. And in terms of transportation, there is still a saying in Italy; No matter how bad it is, at least he won't let the train be delayed (this is not a reversal of the case, any political party has both good and bad sides to it, but it is a matter of proportion).
In fact, Italy itself has many problems, but the biggest problem is that the national strength is not enough. The most prominent manifestation is the lack of its own coal and iron producing areas, which makes Italy's heavy industry underdeveloped, and secondly, the lack of martial spirit of the people. The former cannot be changed (the closest coal and iron producing area to Italy is the Ruhr, followed by Bohemia is the Czech Republic), and the latter can be changed.
First of all, it is necessary to train a capable army, even if it is half the effort (e.g. Prussia, Japan). Secondly, it is necessary to choose a strong country to fight a war at a favorable time, preferably victorious (such as Prussia and Japan), and even if it cannot be won, it must be undefeated (to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the counterexample is India). With such achievements to inspire the self-confidence of the Chinese people, only self-confidence can continue to transform society. This time will take between 10 and 20 years, or it may be longer, but it depends on the characteristics of the nation.
Italy obviously didn't do that, so it's okay to fight small countries (like Ethiopia), hang when you meet a stronger country (like Greece), and stop when you meet a real power (Britain). Of course, it is not denied that the Italian Army is too involved, but this is not the reason why Mussolini did not reorganize the army. And his later Führer was much more visionary than he was, at least knowing the need to clean up the army. Judging by the aftermath of the Polish and French campaigns, it is clear that the Führer is cleaning up faster than the other.
Of course, at the moment Eder can only pay attention to the situation in the European countries, who makes the current Romania need to digest the fruits of victory. Romania seized too much new territory in this war, leaving Romania in a position to have no opinion on European matters at the moment. At most, pay attention to the surrounding neighbors and do not let them threaten Romania. This is not to fear these countries, but to affect the speed of digestion and the process of strengthening the industry in Romania. After all, it's still very uncomfortable to beat a disgusting person.
However, there does not appear to be such a possible threat at the moment. Hungary and Bulgaria were both defeated countries, and less than a few years after the end of the war, they were still busy dealing with the chaotic situation in their countries, and they did not dare to think about it in any way. And Serbia is also busy dealing with the affairs of the new territory, and relations with Romania are not bad, and it is his madness that causes trouble. As for the biggest threat, Soviet Russia, which is currently busy building a Soviet Union, and the country's ruined economy also needs to be repaired, and they have no time to deal with Romania. So at present, Romania is in the era of the most relaxed external environment.
Since it was the most liberal environment, Eder's focus was inevitably on the domestic economy, with heavy industry in eastern Galicia being the most of his attention. This year, government investment in Eastern Galicia reached an all-time high of 460 million lei, while private investment in Eastern Galicia reached 280 million lei, in addition to government investment. It can be said that the Galicia region is currently the hottest investment hotspot in Romania.
A large amount of money has poured into the Galician region, which has made the region an increasing proportion of the national economy. The establishment of a large number of chemical, manufacturing, smelting, energy and other factories is not only driving the economy of the region, but also transforming the ethnic culture of the region.
At the time of Romania's seizure of the region, the main inhabitants were Polish and Ukrainian, and the local communication was basically in Polish and Ukrainian, and other ethnic groups such as Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, and Jews could only be grouped together.
And this year, the ethnic groups in the region have changed dramatically, with Romania seeing the largest increase.
They are people who come here to work and do business from all regions of Romania because of the large number of factories that have been opened. Since it is impossible to come without their families, and the families of more than 100,000 workers will inevitably affect all aspects of the region. Among them, food habits, culture and language are also the most direct expression, because these people are basically businessmen and workers, and their income must be middle and high-level in the region. And if you want to make their money, if you can't even communicate, how can you make money.
So the region is facing an influx of these Romanians, and the other peoples of the region have more or less learned to use the Romanian language. Therefore, the best way to change other ethnic groups is to start with the economy and let them voluntarily integrate into Romanian society. At present, the proportion of Romanians in the region has reached 22.4%, and it is believed that if this trend continues, it will not be far before Romanians occupy the dominant position in the region.
Since there are ethnic groups that have increased the rate, there are ethnic groups that have decreased their proportions, and the Poles are the most conspicuous in the rate of decline. You know, in the beginning in the region of Eastern Galicia, ethnic Poles made up half of the number of the region.
However, after the establishment of Poland, the number of ethnic Poles in the region began to decline continuously. By the time Poland and Romania reached an agreement on ethnic exchanges after the Soviet-Polish War (mainly for the sake of ethnic Poles in the region), the population of ethnic Poles in the region was declining very rapidly. A large number of ethnic Poles, at the call of the motherland, sold their properties in the region and moved to Poland.
At present, only 28.7% of the Poles are in Eastern Galicia, which is almost impossible to maintain the status of the second largest ethnic group. However, it is believed that the migration of Poles will not stop, and more Poles will leave Romania in the future.
Interestingly, the properties of the displaced Poles were mostly purchased by the new Romanians. And the local Ukrainians basically did not buy it, even if some industries seemed very tempting.
All this was caused by the measures of the top leaders of the former Ukrainian Republic, on the one hand, they were trying to show goodwill to the Romanian government, and on the other hand, there was news from the Soviet and Russian sides. At present, the life of the Ukrainian people under the jurisdiction of Soviet Russia is very miserable, and a large amount of supplies have been taken away by Moscow. These news also frightened them, and for the sake of their own peace in Romania, they were also showing favor in disguise.
Eastern Garcia is the region with the best ethnic integration in Romania, which was brought about by the influx of money. Of course, this is not the case in other regions, but in general it is still good, at least Romanian rule is much better than before. Because the Romanian government has also given a lot of money to various regions to promote its economic development, although it is not as exaggerated as Galicia, such as the construction of roads, the opening of hospitals and schools, etc., at least to make the people feel the government's goodwill.
But there is one area in Romania where local ethnic integration is poor, and that is the new territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, such as Transylvania. Relations between Romanians and Hungarians in the region were not very good, and the government did not take any steps to ease the situation, but intensified its efforts to encourage its own people to drive the Hungarians away. Social discrimination and tax skews have increased the burden on Hungarians, forcing families to leave the land.
According to the latest surveys, the figure of Hungarians in this new territory has dropped to 14.8%.
You must know that east of the Tissa River to the Transylvanian border, the Hungarians used to have an absolute advantage, but now it has fallen to such a low share. It can also be said that in order to achieve the goal of driving the Hungarians away, the regional government also made desperate efforts. The influx of a large number of native populations also increased the burden on the Kingdom of Hungary. The influx of these people has added to the chaos of an already volatile society. , so that the ruling general of the kingdom Admiral Horti is anxious about this.
However, Eder didn't care how Hungary managed these people, and it was he who arranged for the Hungarians to be driven out. In the future kingdom of Romania, in addition to its own people, only a small number of other ethnic groups will be allowed, at most plus Ukrainians who are easy to assimilate, and possibly Bulgarians who do not pose a threat in numbers. If there are many, it is easy to cause national incidents, after all, there is a living counterexample around.