Photo Gallery: Think the Rust Belt Is Struggling? Welcome to Romania

For most of its history, Romania had an agricultural economy, supplemented in the early 20th century by oil production—during World War II, Romania supplied much of the gas for Hitler’s tanks and airplanes. After the war, Romania moved behind the Iron Curtain, signing the Warsaw Pact and transitioning to one-party Communist rule. But rather than …

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