If you're Fiji it seems to work out fine. For Germany - less so. Being quite decent (in comparison to XV) in 7s and the sport being olympic means at least some federal funding,

Regarding XVs in Germany for now even Netherlands are above us. Not to mention Portugal making a huge step forward. Georga ofc. Then Spain and Romania. And Russia may also return from their ban some time on. Miles away from a world cup and no big spender in sight.