OP didn't understand why the two countries were so different despite sharing an island. I explained that they're different because they're comprised of differe

OP didn't understand why the two countries were so different despite sharing an island. I explained that they're different because they're comprised of different people with different histories. This might be obvious to you but in my experience a lot of people assume that the inhabitants of the Hispaniola came from the same seed, as in they were the same group of people who later split when that was not the case. One country was seeded by the Spanish and the other one by the French. My comment was not meant to be a thorough analysis on their respective economies.