stackyFACTSMost countries have armies, but the Kingdom of Prussia was an army that just happened to have a country. Every aspect of their society, economy, and bureaucracy was entirely subservient to feeding, supplying, and glorifying their military machine, turning a relatively small state into a deeply paranoid, hyper-aggressive superpower.
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