People want to work only when they gain from it. In a dictatorship, the people are all your slaves, and don’t want to work.

It would be better if you were a Monarchy. You could be Queen or King. Everyone would love you and work hard. You would be in absolute control and can tax the happy people for money.

2.promise everything to them but do nothing

3.kill all the opposites of ur throne, mass murder if needed

4.military as the 1st power, u must have a big amount troopers and nuclear power if needed

5.civilian can working and earning the money as the normal economy, but make sure they must pay u something

6.the way to make fast big money is:

a.sell ur people as cheap labours

b.sell all the narcotics

c.sell the arms to the countries in war

d.improve the tourism in ur country

7.make sure u have allies to make u stronger so there is no dominant western countries (as USA co) willing to protest u

Cuba, in my opinion, is only ‘isolated’ in as far as the US is concerned. They do limited trading even with democratic countries. Here in the Philippines, I know many have gone to Cuba as tourists.

In our world no country, even one with seemingly unlimited resources can exist without any help or support from other countries.