Farmers and artisans from found it increasingly hard to compete with the highly industrialized countries.
germany
the ottoman empire
the united states
great britain

The correct answer is the Ottoman Empire.

At the time of the Industrial Revolution, some countries became industrialized before other countries. In fact, still today, there are still numerous less developed countries which are not highly industrialized. Great Britain is considered the place where the Industrial Revolution truly began, so Great Britain became industrialized well before many other countries. This new industrial technology spread quite quickly and was adopted in numerous other countries, particularly in Western Europe (including Germany) and soon after in North America (including the USA). However, many regions (including the Ottoman Empire centered on modern-day Turkey) were not so quick to adopt industrial technology, and therefore their farmers and artisans found it hard to compete with the highly industrialized countries.