How Did the Thirty Years' War Affect European Civilians

How did the Thirty Years' War affect European civilians?

A) It solved the problem of overpopulation, leading to higher wages and better diets for both the rural peasantry and urban populations.
B) It left most civilians materially better off but ambivalent toward their governments, which had pushed them into the war.
C) It impoverished those in battle zones but greatly enriched merchants and privateers who profited from the prolonged warfare.
D) It resulted in widespread suffering and devastation and led to peasant revolts and even outbreaks of plague.