Poland, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic and Slovakia) and basically all of Eastern Europe in the Eastern Bloc
Answer:
By implementing public work projects and a rearmament program.
The imperialists needed workers to work on the land that was colonized. The locals were not an option because they were often either insubordinate, or they were protected by the law. That's why having slaves to work in those colonies was great, which is why they got them from Africa.
A they wanted to protect the people from a powerful government