Well it varied according to time and place but,
<span>Many military personnel who opposed their regime would be killed and political opponents and thousands of others who spoke out against them were sent to the Gulag, a high security labor prison where many died during or shortly after release.</span>
China faced a challenge to feed its people, the growing population seemed to have no way of feeding, so China embarked on a policy of achieving self-sufficiency in food, creating an economic reform program that increased productivity in the agricultural sector, surprising many observers when it became a net exporter of agricultural products in 2002.
It forced Germany To shift its focus from fighting the war to producing food and supplies
The three-fifths compromise provided for counting slaves for representation in Congress and in the electoral college.
Yes because of the mountainous area which can be a great danger for ambush.