Precisely Russia and the United States are missing here. It was the time when Russia constituted the last great reserve of all European reaction, when the United States absorbed the surplus proletarian forces of Europe through immigration. Both countries provided Europe with raw materials and were at the same time markets for the sale of its industrial products.
Ulikuwa ni wakati ambapo Urusi ilikuwa ndiyo mlimbiko mkubwa wa mwisho wa nguvu za upingaji maendeleo wote wa Ulaya, ambapo wafanya kazi waliozidi katika Ulaya walikuwa wakihamia Marekani. Nchi zote mbili zilikuwa zikiipa Ulaya vitu visivyotengenezwa na pia zilikuwa ni masoko kwa kuuzia bidhaa za uchumi.