Most peasants lingered in the villages, and in the 1930s Hungarians in rural areas were extremely dissatisfied. Hungary's foreign debt ballooned as Bethlen expanded the bureaucracy to absorb the university graduates who, if left idle, might have threatened civil order.
Many peasants continued living in their villages, and in the 1930s, Hungarians in rural regions felt deeply dissatisfied. Hungary’s external debts grew significantly as Bethlen increased the government apparatus to accommodate university-educated individuals, who, if unemployed, could have posed a threat to civil stability.