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They would in no way have the finances to be competing with European nations for the next four-five decades. Those countries (generalising ftw at the moment) are way behind in rules and regulations, general standard, production tech, public sector etc that it'll take a long time until they'll get on the right track again. I assume that within two decades they'll be as developed as China was a couple of years ago in terms of production technology level, infrastructural development etc.
However I believe in a rapid development and a technology increase that will be even faster than what the central/eastern asian nations had some years back.
This, however, is only applicable if the "Western" nations stay the fuck away from their banks and stops the shipping of guns and material made for warfare.
There is, however, not many triggers left to pull before we're in a third World War and that'd put 'em off another decade or so.
On another topic I would probably still use condoms for one-night-stands etc because I believe in a God, and I do still call myself a Catholic, but I do not believe that the words of the Pope or the Cardinals are final.