ABSTRACT
In Germany and France, governments enacted protectionist policies that favored exports, limited imports using high tariffs, closely regulated every aspect of production, and fostered internal trade by building roads and canals. Hoping to emulate the increasing prosperity of France, Britain, and Holland, countries in Central Europe and Scandinavia adopted mercantilist policies. Eighteenth-century Prussia, for example, maintained one of the most rigidly controlled economies in Europe.
