`...though alluded to its relation along a northwest-to-southeast axis within Europe, with the United Kingdom at the most advanced extreme and the Balkan countries at the least developed extreme - the more certain conditions were likely to occur during growth - consumption would be squeezed in favor of investment in countries starting from farther behind, there was likely to be a greater reliance on banks and other means of directing investment, among other conditions.  Do ``certain conditions`` increase with being at the UK extreme, or the Balkan extreme?  What are these ``certain conditions?``  What does it mean to say ``among other conditions?`` : `