Um. The reason Germany had such a tough measure after the Berlin Wall fell was because it absorbed the reminants of East Germany, an area which was almost 20 years behind the West in terms of infastructure and social support. It was a massive socioeconomic burden that almost bankrupted their country in trying to bring the former Eastern parts up to line with a first world living economy.The German economy was neither prepared, nor were its population aware of the massive cost that reunification would bring. It' the exact reason that 99% of all South Koreans will tell you "***** the North" when asked about a reunification.