> abandon all hopes of being an empire I should hope so! Imperialist ambitions are what Russia is still doing, but most other nations have realized that war is

> abandon all hopes of being an empire I should hope so! Imperialist ambitions are what Russia is still doing, but most other nations have realized that war isn’t profitable. Fighting a war to conquer factories will likely result in owning rubble. This article has a more convincing description of how it works in modern times: https://acoup.blog/2023/07/07/collections-the-status-quo-coalition/ https://acoup.blog/2023/07/07/collections-the-status-quo-coa...