Las razones por las que la independencia es mala es porque no podrá pedir ayuda, se sentirá solo y es posible que no sea tan eficaz como cree. (Sorry if the translation is not the best)
Independent would be the answer
Things would still be produced by hand. We would not have factories polluting at such a high rate. Production would be slower.
They were young Orthodox Christian boys from the balkans who were enslaved, converted to Islam, and then went to the Ottoman Army.