Austria after the first world war was left as a non functioning country. The industry was largely in parts of the country that were lost in the war, there were

Austria after the first world war was left as a non functioning country. The industry was largely in parts of the country that were lost in the war, there were high reparations to pay and the government apparatus was largely broken. Things got so bad that Austro fascism started which was terrible in it's own right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrofascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrofascism