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What if the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Russian Empire formed a stable alliance before WW1? Reforming the League of Three Emperors, they come to an agreement on the Balkans, Baltic, and Black Sea, redirecting their ambitions outward at the expense of Romania, Serbia, the Ottoman Empire, and Italy. Bulgaria also joins in 1913 right before WW1 would have started, adding yet another "Caesar" to the alliance of nominally absolute monarchies.
1. If this alliance existed and fought WW1 starting in 1914, would they win? And if the Three Emperor's League won WW1, what would the treaty look like? Can the Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires survive or be propped up to make this bloc continue?
2. What sort of economic connections develop between these empires? Would it end up being German dominated, co-dominated by Germany and Russia at the expense of Vienna, or could they be almost equal partners depending on policy?
3. Assuming the Russian Revolution is averted, and all three empires remain monarchies. Would a Cold War develop with the monarchist bloc considered to have its own ideology? Would it be considered Western by the Entente?
4. Would a shared culture develop between these three empires as mass media emerges? At the same time, would it start to socially and culturally diverge from the west in the 1920s, or would it probably remain just as connected with the west as before? After a few decades, I could see these areas becoming sort of a "time capsule" of the late 19th century in terms of culture, even if they adopt new trends and ideas, partially due to the prevalence of the aristocracy.
5. What sort of nicknames or rhetorical phrases would be used to refer to a Central and Eastern Europe dominated by these three empires?
1. If this alliance existed and fought WW1 starting in 1914, would they win? And if the Three Emperor's League won WW1, what would the treaty look like? Can the Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires survive or be propped up to make this bloc continue?
2. What sort of economic connections develop between these empires? Would it end up being German dominated, co-dominated by Germany and Russia at the expense of Vienna, or could they be almost equal partners depending on policy?
3. Assuming the Russian Revolution is averted, and all three empires remain monarchies. Would a Cold War develop with the monarchist bloc considered to have its own ideology? Would it be considered Western by the Entente?
4. Would a shared culture develop between these three empires as mass media emerges? At the same time, would it start to socially and culturally diverge from the west in the 1920s, or would it probably remain just as connected with the west as before? After a few decades, I could see these areas becoming sort of a "time capsule" of the late 19th century in terms of culture, even if they adopt new trends and ideas, partially due to the prevalence of the aristocracy.
5. What sort of nicknames or rhetorical phrases would be used to refer to a Central and Eastern Europe dominated by these three empires?
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