The french spent 1.3 billion livers on war costs.
"Lucrative cash crops" is the best option from the list, but it should be noted that conditions for the workers, who were almost all slaves, were quite bad and dangerous.
Russia I believe. They beat Russia in the Russo-Japanese war. Check out "Feature History" youtube channel for more info. Just type Russo-Japanese war into youtube and it should pop up. Hope this helps.
2nd one I think. I could be wrong
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