Socially, you were more than likely not to see your husband for while if he didn't die in war. Economically because they were pumping money into the war wich is were rations comes up. I dont know about political.
The Iranian hostage crisis
France was a wealthier country than Britain, and its national debt was no greater than the British one. ... The financial strain of servicing old debt and the excesses of the current royal court caused dissatisfaction with the monarchy, contributed to national unrest, and culminated in the French Revolution of 1789.
