>>2117896091988, Czechoslovakia is occupied by USSR, resources are exploited, czech industry is forced to export to USSR and other commie countries only, after decades of communism industry falls behind western european countries.
1989, eastern bloc collapses, socialism is replaced with capitalism, czech industries can't compete on open market anymore, factories are chopped up and sold cheap to westeners, mainly germans. We start producing sub-parts for germans, for cars, machinery, etc.
Also germany is the biggest economy in Europe and Czechia is the size of New York city proper, we were always german colony. Germans give us know-how and technology and we give them cheaper workforce.