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Asking the real questions (jlai.lu)

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[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Eh, if they went imperial they would be subject to imperial needs leading to all the usual imperial problems.

[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

What, inconsistent units? /s

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Funny enough. Sweden already went through that problem. We call it "the great era".

Basically. Sweden got too big too fast, couldn't maintain an army large enough to secure everything. If i remember correctly, we couldn't produce enough food, and we lost a bunch of territory.