The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1195 Taxation and Population (Part )
After a series of fierce battles, Franz finally cleared the obstacles at home and abroad, and the Austrian Empire could finally devote its main energy to development.

In 1848, the fiscal revenue of the Austrian Empire exceeded that of Britain and France for the first time, ranking first in the world at 7.58 million florins.

Due to the outbreak of the French Revolution, France's fiscal revenue was halved from 16 billion francs in the Louis Philippe era, to only 8 million francs for the whole year, and it was burdened with a debt of nearly billion francs.

(French fiscal revenues for the same period were about 14 billion francs.)
Due to many factors including economic crisis, strikes, interrupted trade routes, and war, Britain's fiscal revenue plummeted to 60 million pounds (equal to 600 million florins in the book).

Russia has 3.6 million rubles. Russia's financial strength is far stronger than the same period in history. In addition, it obtained Trabzon and Erzurum at the Third Vienna Peace Conference, and has close relations with the Austrian Empire. Russia's economy will continue to develop in a positive direction.

Although Prussia suffered a lot in 1848, its financial statements were still very good, with annual fiscal revenue reaching 1.4 million thalers, or about 2.1 million florins.

The fiscal revenue of the Kingdom of Sardinia plummeted to 2000 million lire, and it basically lost the qualifications to continue to compete for supremacy. It was already very difficult to maintain its rule.

(Historically, the Kingdom of Sardinia has always been the richest country in Italy. Some people even believe that before 1848, the Kingdom of Sardinia's fiscal revenue had exceeded 5000 million lire, or about million florins.

During the same period, the fiscal revenue of the Austrian Empire was only 100 million florins.)
In North America, the United States' tax rate is higher than in history, but fiscal revenue is on a downward trend and is only $4200 million.

On the other hand, Mexico's economic situation is not optimistic. Although it has regained lost territory, the country's revenue has not increased. On the contrary, more defense spending is needed.

Compared with the 8000 million florins before the Mexican-American War, the 6800 million florins at this time were really not enough.

But even so, it was twice as much as the same period in history. In addition, after eliminating all his competitors, Tasan Anna's rule was surprisingly stable at this time.

The other countries include the Netherlands with 1.5 million florins, Sweden with 1350 million florins, and Brazil with 4000 million florins (the exchange rate of the Brazilian real is very unstable and its international liquidity is poor).

The latest census of the Austrian Empire shows that the German population has exceeded 1700 million, with the main source of growth being immigration.

The population growth in Italy is even more exaggerated, having exceeded 1500 million, and according to the statistics bureau's estimates, there are still a large number of invisible people in northern Italy who are avoiding the head tax.

The third largest ethnic group in the country changed again, with Croats becoming the third largest ethnic group in the Austrian Empire, with a total population of approximately 330 million people.

Next are the Bohemians with 300 million, Slovaks with 170 million, Slovenes with 165 million, Poles with 155 million, Moravians with 150 million, Transylvanians with 130 million, Ruthenians with 110 million, Montenegrins with 10, and Serbs with 7.

The number of Hungarians dropped from 650 million to 187 million. In just over a year, Hungary lost 71.1% of its population. The decline was staggering and far exceeded the estimates of experts from the Austrian Empire.

However, the newspapers of the Austrian Empire would naturally put it another way, that is, the number of imperial citizens in the Hungarian region increased from 150 million to 187 million, which is really cause for celebration.

Even if war, famine and plague were rampant, they would not have caused such tragic consequences, but the reality is that the Magyar policy of ethnic genocide backfired.

A large number of young and strong Magyars died tragically, and the famine and plague that lasted for a year took the lives of most of the old and young.

Needless to say, the fate of the women of the defeated nation will be; most of them will be divided up as spoils of war.

The lucky ones could get married or be absorbed by other ethnic groups, while the unlucky ones would be trafficked and eventually become secret prostitutes or other similar professions. (In the 19th century, formal brothels also had requirements for prostitutes, and these women of unknown origin were not even qualified to be legal prostitutes.)
In addition, due to the complexity of the ethnic groups in the Austrian Empire and the unprofessionalism of statisticians, there were generally four criteria for judgment at the time: blood genealogy, language and culture, living area, and self-identity.

Nobles and wealthy commoners might have a bloodline genealogy, but the vast majority of commoners and serfs could not have it.

Coupled with the war, even if it was possible, it was lost.

In the Austrian Empire, a country where the average person knows 2.5 languages, it is a pipe dream to judge a person's nationality by language.

As for the place of living, it is even more nonsense. If this is really used as the standard, why do we still count ethnic groups? It is better to just count the number of people.

Therefore, self-identification became the main way for the Austrian Empire to count the ethnicity of its people. That is to say, if an Austrian considers himself a German, then he is a German.

In addition, the Austrian Empire did not have a household registration system in the past, so from a legal perspective it is impossible to refute this practice.

Unless they are Jewish or Roma (Gypsy), few people will ask questions.

After the war of 1848, anyone with a little foresight would reconsider their national issues, and as a result, a large number of Germans who could only speak one or two words of German appeared in the Austrian Empire.

The population of Hungary is still 187 million, which can only be attributed to the fact that people at that time were still too simple.

In fact, the main source of these Hungarians was refugee camps and prisoner-of-war camps, so the actual number of Hungarians has to be discounted further.

What made Franz speechless was that the number of Jews in the Austrian Empire exceeded two million. Although Franz took the lead in attacking Jewish financiers and republicans, he did not take the opportunity to attack ordinary Jews, and even introduced some laws to prevent the expansion of liquidation.

However, the situation was different in other countries of the German Confederation. Almost all Jews were affected.

These Jews naturally fled to Austria because speaking German was a huge advantage in the Austrian Empire, and they could get more opportunities and respect from other ethnic groups.

For those who have nothing, language is their only wealth.

In addition to the Jews, the number of Gypsies in the Austrian Empire was also increasing rapidly.

This is mainly due to the crazy influx of gypsies from the surrounding areas. After all, it is so difficult to find a country that does not discriminate against gypsies at this time.

In fact, Franz did not give any preferential treatment to the Gypsies, but only gave them relatively equal rights with other nationalities.

For example, those who rob or destroy Gypsy property must pay compensation according to the price, those who insult Gypsy women must be punished according to the law, and it is prohibited to expel Gypsies with unreasonable violence.

Gypsies enjoyed the right to education and work in the Austrian Empire, churches could not refuse them entry based on their ethnic identity, and their legal property was protected by law.