On the political stage against the backdrop of Germany's economic crisis, the Labor Party, bourgeois parties, the National Party, and other forces danced like demons and monsters. For the German government, the most important task now was to resolve the economic problem first. As long as Germany could pull itself out of the economic mire and restore public confidence in the economy, it would still have a chance to make a steady landing.
And that required a leader with an iron hand and exceptional wisdom, for economic reforms were bound to sacrifice the interests of certain powerful interest groups.
Wilhelm II originally had the prestige needed to push through economic changes in Germany. In this timeline, although Germany had fought Britain and France to a draw in World War I, it had genuinely acquired nearly fifty thousand square kilometers of European territory after the war.
Expanding territory had always been one of the important ways for politicians to gain prestige. Take Nehru, India's prime minister in his previous life. After retaking the Goa region, his prestige in India had almost reached its peak. But the 1962 war with the Far East Empire left his reputation nearly swept to the ground, ultimately dealing a serious blow to his political and economic reforms and preventing them from succeeding.
Thus, both the international community and Germany tacitly regarded Germany and the other Central Powers camp nations as the victors of World War I. Although Germany had expended enormous manpower, material resources, and wealth for only fifty thousand square kilometers of land, that land was in Europe. Its value was considerable—larger even than the Netherlands.
Beyond this greatest political achievement of World War I, Wilhelm II's accomplishments before the war had been even more remarkable.
Industrially, during his reign, Germany had become Europe's foremost