Imagine an ATL where the ending stages of WWI and the Versailles Conference went somewhat differently... After long diplomatic quarrels, the results are these : Two of the southern Polish regions inherited from Austria-Hungary - Polish Silesia (Slónsk) and Galicia-Lesser Poland - are grudgingly granted independence as two constitutional monarchies. Their heads are royal families coming from Austrian Habsburg, Polish and German stock. The Polish Republic is, at first, frustrated and wants to do a land grab in order to recclaim these two lost territories. Unfortunately, due to having to stop the Soviets in the east and under pressure from the League of Nations, they eventually agree to leave the two countries alone. Throughout the interwar period, these two new countries mostly retain good relations with their neighbours, including the reborn Rzecspospolita to the north of them. Over time, said relations stabilize and improve.
My question does not directly concern these mini-monarchies. Instead, I want to ask :
What happens to the interwar Republic of Poland from this ATL if it looses those two southern regions ?
How will it affect its politics, economy, culture and society ?
If the "three Polands" eventually reunite after an ATL WWII in the 1940s, do you think there will be much fallout from their previous separation during the interwar years ?
Note that most of the economically/industrially important southern regions of the OTL Polish Republic remain within its territory. Very few end up in the two small "south Polish" states, making ATL interwar Poland still a major industrial powerhouse of central Europe, while the two smaller countries are seen as semi-unindustrialized, "sleepy" podunks. As an example, the Katowice agglomeration remains within the Republic's territory and has not been given to either the Silesian monarchy or the monarchy of Lesser Poland and Galicia.
My question does not directly concern these mini-monarchies. Instead, I want to ask :
What happens to the interwar Republic of Poland from this ATL if it looses those two southern regions ?
How will it affect its politics, economy, culture and society ?
If the "three Polands" eventually reunite after an ATL WWII in the 1940s, do you think there will be much fallout from their previous separation during the interwar years ?
Note that most of the economically/industrially important southern regions of the OTL Polish Republic remain within its territory. Very few end up in the two small "south Polish" states, making ATL interwar Poland still a major industrial powerhouse of central Europe, while the two smaller countries are seen as semi-unindustrialized, "sleepy" podunks. As an example, the Katowice agglomeration remains within the Republic's territory and has not been given to either the Silesian monarchy or the monarchy of Lesser Poland and Galicia.