I'll give the whole of southern Africa 30 years and then it will be a vast unpopulated wasteland ready for mass immigration from Asia.
You're not supposed to state these things in such a blunt, no-nonsense fashion. It is required that you ignore and dismiss that which appears obvious. Surely there must be a "less offensive" explanation.
Now please report to your nearest culturally-sensitive indoctrination center for a re-education program stressing the well-known and accepted fact that white men are responsible for all that ails the third world.
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You got a deal! I say w/i 10 years, and it will look and be as politically/economically viable as the Dem. Rep. of the Congo.
Not immediately. It actually remained fairly prosperous for several decades. In 1810 it was still among the wealthiest areas of the world. What really killed the economy was the long-term slide in sugar prices caused by increased production in other parts of the world and especially sugar beet subsidies.
The misgovernment by the natives certainly didn't help any.