After 2000 that was a blessing. Orders poured in, and Saarland—though once a bit of a joke to Germans in the Reich, the locals' rueful name for the rest of the country—outpaced Germany's growth.

2000年后萨尔州鸿运当头，一批批订单奔涌而至，昔日德意志（当地人对国家其他地区的称呼，含无可奈何之意）人公认的国家笑柄萨尔州终于抬起了头，其经济增长超过全国整体水平。