>>23306219
I haven't watched the show, but if Zeon is supposed to be economically fragile after winning, the explanation could be a badly managed demobilization after the peace. Going from total war production immediately into peace time economics is very difficult and routinely sends countries skidding into long term recession. IRL, it was pretty touch and go in the US after WWII and it was only managed by literally everywhere else being bombed to shit and serving as an export market. If Gqux has kept on with "everything but Earth, Side 3, and Side 6 are dead, then Zeon would be in a really really tight situation after the war. Could have ended up like Britain, which was forced to continue wartime rationing into the 50s and was only kept solvent by external loans. Side 6 could have leveraged loans and their position as an export market to Zeon in order to maintain autonomy in turn.
All in all, the concept isn't unreasonable, but I haven't watched the show and idk. Feel free to tell me why it wouldn't apply.
