Re:Is this how Russia ends?
by journey_16162 on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @03:25PM
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Not always. Czech Republic has a higher GDP per person than Poland. Poland is much bigger and has sea access. Both countries had a similar starting point after USSR collapse.
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Re:Is this how Russia ends?
by CountSessine on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @09:45PM
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Czeckia is in the EU customs union and therefore for the purposes of land-locked or not land-locked, Czeckia has ports at its disposal. In fact Czeckia can use Gdańsk without penalty.
The reason landlocked countries have lower GDP is that they have to negotiate trade agreements at a disadvantage with small numbers of neighbours rather than just shipping goods to the whole world over the seas.