Its currency became so devalued that soldiers didn't want to fight, farmers abandoned their fields, tradesmen stopped working... Everything turned into shit.
There are also major consequences for looming, out of control debts in both cases.
For a household, it's loss of the house.
For a government, it's the eventual inability to sustain itself, such as what happened to Ancient Rome.
Not this week. She's taking her severance and pension money.
It's about time. She's seventy one years old.
Her income no longer depends on how many hours she puts in.