As a result of enlightened reforms a process of secularising society began, while on the other hand, the forthcoming wealth was necessary to guarantee Austria’s leading role in the belligerent European politics of power. A visual manifestation of what empress Maria Theresia and her son Joseph II understood as the responsibilities of their reign embodies their residence in the Tyrolean capital Innsbruck. There in the ceremonial hall, which is decorated in a moderate but noble way, the ceiling fresco illustrates the economic basis of Habsburg political success: the economy of Tyrol and also its resources, especially the fruits of the peasants’ labours.