Answer:
Fear of great depression
Explanation:
many believed that after world war II and the subsequent drop in military funding it may bring back the times of the great depression. Instead, consumer demand fueled exceptionally strong economic growth in post-world-war II. With the government no longer needing munitions and soldiers the private economy boomed.
It didn't because the people argued between themselves how the empire should be split. They couldn't find anyone to succeed him since the didn't have children so they split it into numerous kingdoms among themselves and ruled them the way they wanted. Many went to war over it.