In reality, Croatians never stored too much value in money (be it kuna or euro, or deutch mark), they've stored it in real estate. Why? Because taxes are one of

In reality, Croatians never stored too much value in money (be it kuna or euro, or deutch mark), they've stored it in real estate. Why? Because taxes are one of the highest in the world, and in return people get next to nothing. So instead they've built houses (usually by themselves), especially on the coast and islands so they could rent them. Real estate is like a big piggy bank. This has it's own set of problems nowadays though.