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The Great Powers consisted of 5 European Powers which were Germany Austria Hungary Russia Britain and France A race for imperialism took place as multinational empires were expanding Imperialism is the policy of extending control over another nation through territorial acquisition political or economic through direct or indirect control Every country had different motives behind imperialism These motives included the belief that superior races should dominate inferior races religion economic gain and the responsibility to civilize uncivilized areas It was unacceptable for an evolving world power to show weakness and failing to join the imperialist race was considered a sign of weakness Therefore imperialist actions encouraged competition among the great European powers Germany's unification was basically a success from the start and the weaknesses which were often associated with newly developed states were not visible in the new German Empire Germany was a strong industrial nation and had a system of absolute monarchy Thus meaning that Germany had one ruler who had supreme authority Italy was not considered a Great Power Although Italy was unified it continued to be internally divided People were continuously let down by unfulfilled promises Italy did realize the need to be considered a Great Power which meant there would be an expensive increase in the military
