Just a hundred years ago, 99% of the sugar on the market was made in one way.
It was by distilling the juice squeezed from sugarcane.
Sugarcane was a crop that could only be grown in humid tropical climates.
So in the empire where more than half of the territory belonged to the cold climate, there was always a shortage of sugar, call it sucre if you preferred.
With the Industrial Revolution, the supply of sugar exploded, but the situation did not improve.
The empire's distribution network was unstable due to slow development of transportation networks.
Moreover, the demand for sugar greatly increased due to the outbreak of civil war.
Nobles had to distribute high-calorie sugars to soldiers to maintain their combat effectiveness and morale.
It was a time when many nobles died in civil war and many new nobles were born.
