• Piemanding
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    2 days ago

    Who even gets the money when you buy a country? Does it go to the people? If it does then that money is coming right back through taxes.

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      2 days ago

      Historically, the king / emperor gets it. I’m guessing that most of the time it’s probably used to pay down war debts.