Habsburgs and Bourbons 500 Years Later

Crazy idea: let’s give one country to the Habsburgs and one to the Bourbons and check on them 500 years later

A satellite night view shows a mostly dark region surrounded by brightly illuminated areas. The caption jokingly proposes giving one country to the Habsburg dynasty and another to the Bourbon dynasty, then checking the results 500 years later; the punchline is that the dark area suggests dynastic rule would leave a country underdeveloped or poorly governed. EN: A satellite night view shows a mostly dark region surrounded by brightly illuminated areas. The caption jokingly proposes giving one country to the Habsburg dynasty and another to the Bourbon dynasty, then checking the results 500 years later; the punchline is that the dark area suggests dynastic rule would leave a country underdeveloped or poorly governed.