The following changes were introduced by Napoleon to make the administrative system more efficient in the territories ruled by him :

1. Civil Code of 1804 or the Napoleonic Code was issued. It abolished all privileges based on birth. It established equality before the law and secured the right to property.

2. Napoleon simplified administrative divisions in the Dutch Republic, in Switzerland, in Italy and Germany.

3. Transport and communication systems were improved. Peasants, artisans, workers and new businessmen enjoyed new-found freedom. Businessmen and small-scale producers of goods, in particular, began to realise that uniform law, standardised weights and measures, and a common national currency would facilitate the movement and exchange of goods and capital from one region to another.