With a POD around 1500, if France is richer (for whatever reason, I don't care what) & the French Navy is thus also more powerful, what does that mean for naval developments? It seems to accelrate the development of the French 74-gun ship, for a start. Does it have other implications?
Does it force Britain to build substantially more ships?
If Britain does have to build more ships, does this lead to an earlier "wood crisis" & a turn to coal?
In that event, does it produce an earlier Industrial Revolution?