Never read the article, but most likely true
And true
<span>It caused other merchants to be inspired. They saw a chance to seek similar profit.</span>
Their government was mostly consisting of corrupt bureaucrats and ineffective economic policies that mostly helped the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. In between them was a king who tried to implement some more liberal policies for the people, but Alexander III mostly reversed them all because he didn't want his autocracy to be challenged.<span />