Segur added, "You know, Bavaria and Württemberg are highly complementary."
As a seasoned diplomat, he naturally needed to understand the circumstances of both countries.
Although Bavaria had a relatively large territory, it was landlocked, with scarcely any decent waterways within its borders. This made it extremely difficult for its goods to be sold throughout Germany.
Württemberg's situation was precisely the opposite. Waterways crisscrossed the entire country, and several locations connected to the Rhine River system.
Bavaria had long wanted to make use of Württemberg's Neckar River ports nearby to solve its own shipping problems.
On the other hand, Württemberg's domestic market was limited and its resources rather scarce. It also needed the national strength of the "big fellow" Bavaria to aid its own development.
The industries of the two countries were also highly complementary. Bavaria's strengths, for example, lay in cotton textiles, coarse cloth, and certain machinery products. Württemberg, meanwhile, excelled at clocks and watches, small tools, knitted goods, embroidery, and the like.
Not only did the two have no competition between them, they could also make up for each other's shortcomings.
There was agriculture as well.
Bavaria produced Grain, hops, and dairy products, mainly brewing beer. Württemberg's Grain Yield was low, and it needed to purchase Grain from Bavaria, but it was rich in fruit and produced Wine in large quantities.
It could be said that if the two countries joined forces, one plus one would definitely be greater than two.
Previously, the main reasons preventing the formation of the "South German Dual Core" were, first, that Württemberg was too small yet insisted on equal status with Bavaria; and second, the fierce opposition from Austria.
Now, after the Stuttgart Declaration was signed, Württemberg had been quick enough to throw itself into the arms of big brother France, gaining Ansbach