The one that is different between the area of Germany between now and when it was in 1648 was : in 1648, it was part of the Polish Lithuanian commonwealthBack then, the commonwealth was considered as one of the largest and the most powerful kingdom in Europe
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It is defiantly not stocks, and not bonds because those are investing in something that can flip on you and make you lose your money... so i think it would be bank accounts