If East and West Germany had not reunified, it is most likely that

Before reunification, West Germany had a market-based economy and was generally much more prosperous than East Germany, whose communist planned economy struggled. If they had remained separate, the West’s stronger economy would most likely have continued to grow faster, widening the gap between the two countries. Therefore, the best answer is that West Germany would have grown much stronger than East Germany.

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