The closest we've ever come in recent centuries to controlled political experiments: North vs. South Korea, 1950s-today East vs. West Germany, 1945-1989 Venezuela vs. Chile, 1973-today
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West Germany vs east Germany not quite fair in economic terms as the west was always more industrialized but the point still holds when considering how people voted with their feet into the west
Upper Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, etc.) had been fairly well industrialized, and had a tradition of advanced technology going many centuries back.
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Yes. Not trying to defend the GDR's economic policy but they did have a very tough start as the Soviets demanded reparations while the US helped FRG's industry.
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