Unlike those rabble-rousers who feared the world was not chaotic enough, Franz, as a pacifist, had always loathed disorder the most.
Seeing the European Continent on the brink of descending into chaos, Franz, as a responsible hegemon of Europe, knew it was time for him to do something.
At its core, this European turmoil had been caused by the economic crisis. The outbreak of the crisis had been forcibly delayed by human intervention, yet no preparations had been made to release the floodwaters afterward. Thus, once the crisis erupted, the situation spiraled out of control.
Past economic crises had usually been caused by one or two factors among erroneous economic policies, imbalances in money supply and demand, overheated investment, stock-market bubbles, excessive debt, natural disasters, financial storms, overcapacity...
This economic crisis was different. Other than natural disasters, it had everything. Naturally, the consequences it caused were unprecedented as well.
No government had any experience dealing with an economic crisis on this scale. One after another, they adopted a laissez-faire attitude, helplessly watching the situation deteriorate to its current state.
According to information collected by the Vienna Government, unemployment rates in every country had exploded after the economic crisis broke out.
Although they were all sending emigrants overseas to ease domestic employment pressure, emigration was no easy matter either.
The Holy Roman Empire had extensive experience with emigration, and a whole crowd of noble lords were scrambling to take in people. The entire process was handled from beginning to end, benefiting even the countries across the entire German-speaking cultural sphere.
Other European countries were different. Not every noble was a language genius, and they did not dare accept immigrants whose language and culture they could not understand.
Without organizations actively recruiting people, emigration depended mainly on spontaneous civilian efforts. Even if