After the Franco-Prussian War ended, Europe entered a period of peace.
Of course, the reason the situation was peaceful was that the British Empire was too preoccupied with the Irish autonomy movement to focus on anything else.
The official name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Kingdom of Great Britain is composed of England and Scotland.
This has led to Britain having similar issues as Spain, where, apart from the dominant English, the Scots and the Irish didn't seem to fully recognize the government's rule.
However, at this time, the British Empire was the undisputed world leader, the most powerful naval nation. Relying on the glory of the Victorian Era, it temporarily suppressed the independence desires of the Irish and Scots.
With internal issues in Britain, the French licking their wounds from the war, and the Germans starting industrial ventures with large sums of money, the golden development period for other countries in Europe began.
