Answer: It was terrible, they owed 33 million dollars for the cost of damages from WWI. Not only did they owe money, some years later the Great Depression hit everywhere.
Explanation: In the Treaty Of Versailles Germany was blamed for WWI, they had to pay 33 million dollars, took away Germany territory and over-sea colonies and they reduced the size of the nations army.
Instead of taxing its people to finance WWI, Germany had borrowed the money. So the nation and it's citizens were then stuck with a large debt to pay after the war.