Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho

The living conditions haven't much improved for the majority in here. There's 200 thousand people on welfare, the vast majority barely making a living (meaning can't save a dime if they pay for their own housing etc.), pretty much everybody is in huge personal debt, only the very top make European money, and then there's a few multi billionaires.

Somehow I believe that Czechoslovakia, probably after Yugoslavia had the best standard of living in the Eastern block.

It would be quite interesting to hypothetically compare how would the economy look like if they managed to keep their eastern markets, as this country was always in the forefront when it comes to technology and pretty much established across the whole RVHP.