Napoleon's Blockade of Europe

The difficulties with the continental system and foresight was the sheer length of the coastline. The other is that most European people needed British goods. When it comes to Europe's coastal states, economic self-interest will always trump Napoleonic Dicktat. Islands like Heligoland in the North Sea and Malta in the Med become hubs of smuggling operations. Montenegr returns into a handy Balkan backdoor for British contraband. In ports like Hamburg, illicit booties stashed imaginatively. According to the harbourmaster, there seems an unusual amount of coffins going back and forth.