 The Nikolaos Plastiras Government decided on February 14, 1923 to further divide the arable land of Greece, in order for the refugees and their descendants to be the owners of their own land.The income tax of the Greek state rose by about 400% within 4 years, mainly thanks to the refugees (from 319 million drachmas in 1923, to 1.137 billion in 1927).Greece managed to increase the homogeneity of the population, especially in Northern Greece (Macedonia and Thrace).