ottoman fiscal problem in 18 century

ottoman fiscal revenue was constant for two century between 1589-1789
while Russian and Habsburg fiscal revenue combine x 2 larger in 1700 by 1790 they were x 10 larger than ottoman. in fact the ottoman fiscal revenue were lower in 1790 than 1700 :eek:.

ottoman only got third of net tax revenue in late 1790. let say the ottoman get two third of net tax revenue. ottoman population was the same in 1790 compared to 1700 20 to 22 million. that was population direct ruled from
Istanbul.

let say that ottoman manage directly to rule Romania , southern Ukraine and southern Russia as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Federal_District and
Caucasus. that is 8 million population so total is 30 million in 1700. if population increase in 1790 by third then it is 40 million that is the double of ottoman population in OTL. double revenue and double population is
quadruple fiscal revenue. what will effect that have on great powers.


data from sevket pamuk
http://www.ata.boun.edu.tr/faculty/sevketpamuk/publications
 
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