Acclimation

Perhaps that is why this country is so poor. She stated, with a shrug. Perhaps the people in power did not know how to play the Game, and therefore had fewer motivations for creating a country built upon power. She already thought Fereldens were too honest.

She made a quiet noise, as Elanna stated there was less lurking in the shadows, and more alliances and parties. So your nobles do not... ffear that they may be killed over a drink one day? Interesting. And certainly a different lifestyle than she was raised in. Elanna? Why does Byron balk at ideas to make Ferelden a wealthy country? An honest question; he'd balked at the idea more than once and she couldn't figure out why. Higher taxes, more export less import, lower the working wage, allow children to work jobs that required smaller hands...

Ferelden people would need to shed Ferelden blood to gain the kind of wealth that Franziska envisioned.