"Long live His Majesty Jerome Bonaparte! Long live France!"
"Long live Grand Duke Jerome Bonaparte! Long live France!"
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For the citizens of Luxembourg, who had long endured hardship, happiness came too suddenly.
It should be noted that during this period the Luxembourg Kingdom had not yet become the renowned financial haven it would later be. At this time, the people of Luxembourg not only had to bear the debts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which were not originally theirs, but also had to serve as the military frontline of the German Confederation against a French invasion. Not to mention, the government-led purchase of U.S. railroad bonds had led to some sections of the railroad collapsing due to economic issues in the United States (primarily because the gold mines of California were being massively shipped to each robber's country, causing the price of gold to continually fall), which in turn led the assets of the Luxembourg government to completely diminish.
