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Lots of land and colonies they occupied that they were uncountable
Mario Gomez that is more from Italy than Germany
Italy, Germany and Great Britain plus its colonies countries.
Germany is the better option.
Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain.
BelgiumBritainFranceGermanyItalySpainPortugal
3rd best - Italy 2nd best- Germany the best- Brazil
taking Germany's colonies
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Because there was no contries with the names Germany and Italy during most of the imperial period. The modern state of Germany was founded in 1871 The modern state of Italy was founded in 1861 By that time Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, England and France had already carved out large empires over several hundred years. And there was quit frankly not that much more to pillage. Germany had colonies in a period less than 40 years, loosing all of them in WWI. Germany had colonies in a period less than 60 years. loosing all of them in WWII
Ministry of the Colonies - Italy - was created in 1912.