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To what extent did territorial loss affect Germany's economy as well…

- - - - In order for Germany to repay for the reparations, they needed to mass-produce materials like coal, iron, steel, etc. This was harder to do as their biggest and strongest coal outlet, Silesia. Since the production and delivery rate was very low, France and Belgium wanted to seize the region of Ruhr to encourage the Germans to work harder to repay them.
        
        However, by 26th December 1922, the Germans massively defaulted in to repay the Allies in timber. The other countries then reduced the reparation, but Germany was yet unable to pay them. In January 1923, the Germans defaulted on coal deliveries for the 34th time in three years since they lacked the land to mine in after Silesian coal fields were taken by Poland.
        
        On January 9th, Belgium and France sent soldiers if their own to the region of Ruhr to help increase the production of coal and other materials. The soldiers also monitored the production carefully. This was known as the Occupation of Ruhr.
        
        The Silesian coal mine ran about 54,000 kilometers around the border of Poland and Germany.
- - - - Victims of the war, women and orphan children separated into singular pressure groups. These groups were more like social groups where the members would all help the members get through the difficult times. Following this, many social-democratic, communist and nationalist groups formed. However, these groups would not co-operate with each other.
      - After all these years of working at the mines, my friends think I should leave since it's not a 'lady-like' job anymore. They've hired a much faster and stronger task force full of men to replace us! It's soo hard to make them understand that I'm capable of a job like that. But, my group has been with me from the day I started, and even though I feel bad to leave the mines, they probably know what's best for me.