Does nobody pay any attention to what happens before Faust introduces paper money? There's a major economic crisis, as though Brüning or Hoover was in charge. In particular, the army is in disarray, and neighbouring kings are threatening to invade. I guess after losing the empire, they could at least boast that the currency was sound. And I fail to see the problem: after the big party, the economy seems to be going well, and they have no problem having a big festival for the Helen of Troy show.

Anyway, if Germany were to use Faust as a guide, they wouldn't bother building dikes to preserve their northern shores since this will be pointless anyway, they'd use lots of asbetos because of its purity, and German politicians would be much less polite since everbody would know that

Im Deutschen lügt man, wenn man höflich ist.