They were economically ruined, as more people had conquered their land and they were ruthlessly taken over. Socially, interactions between their people declined greatly as their population had decreased greatly from disease. Politically, their government was destroyed while being replaced by the United States government, as it had been the most prominent at the time.
<span>The first nation to build its economy on capitalism was the Netherlands, since it was in fact the Dutch who created the first stock company, in which people could buy shares of companies. </span>
