The issue seems to be in the term “relatively”. I never said France was an unfree or poor country. I just said that Frances policies _in the past_ were heavily

The issue seems to be in the term “relatively”. I never said France was an unfree or poor country. I just said that Frances policies _in the past_ were heavily in favor of huge national corporations. Even though Germany had to adopt the GDR, it’s GDP per capita is >18% higher than Frances. Edit: sorry, the ussr commented was someone else.