This created the magnificent usury empire of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but at the same time, it buried the development within France.
Historical data also shows that France's development has been stagnant since the Franco-Prussian War.
In 1875, France's steel production reached as high as 256,000 tons. In comparison, the United Kingdom's steel production at the time was only 719,000 tons, and both Germany and the United States were producing less than 400,000 tons each.
At this time, France was not far behind Germany and the United States in terms of industry; it was still a strong industrial nation.
However, in the following years, the scale of French industry did not experience much growth.
By 1880, the United Kingdom and the United States had both surpassed one million tons in steel production, while Germany reached an impressive 624,000 tons.
