After a Central Powers Victory, what happens to Poland?

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After a Central Powers Victory in WWI, what would end up happening to Poland? Germany, Austria-Hungary, Lithuania, Ukraine and the Polish all had conflicting claims and plans for the fate of Poland.

A few questions in particular I am interested are:
  • What would the Government of Poland be?
  • What would be the final, Post-War Borders of Poland?
  • If Poland were a Puppet State, what aspects of Polish Government, Military, and Industry would be under control of the Central Powers?
  • If Germany annexed the "Polish Border Strip" would they actually remove all of the Poles and Jews inhabiting the area to pave way for German Settlement?
  • What would happen to the remaining Poles in Germany's Eastern Provinces (Posen in particular)
  • Would Austria have been able to annex Poland, and merge it with Galicia and Lodomeria, making the new entity the "Third Monarchy" of Austria-Hungary as the Emperor's of Austria-Hungary wished to?
  • What would happen to Galicia and Lodomeria if Austria-Hungary does not annex Poland? would the Kingdom be partitioned between Austria and Poland (Eastern Galicia remaining with Austria), given to Poland, kept entirely by Austria, or something else all-together?
  • Would Germany be able to take control of all of Poland and "Germanize" the Population to make Poland a German Province like some planned?
 
After a Central Powers Victory in WWI, what would end up happening to Poland? Germany, Austria-Hungary, Lithuania, Ukraine and the Polish all had conflicting claims and plans for the fate of Poland.

A few questions in particular I am interested are:
  • What would the Government of Poland be?
  • What would be the final, Post-War Borders of Poland?
  • If Poland were a Puppet State, what aspects of Polish Government, Military, and Industry would be under control of the Central Powers?
  • If Germany annexed the "Polish Border Strip" would they actually remove all of the Poles and Jews inhabiting the area to pave way for German Settlement?
  • What would happen to the remaining Poles in Germany's Eastern Provinces (Posen in particular)
  • Would Austria have been able to annex Poland, and merge it with Galicia and Lodomeria, making the new entity the "Third Monarchy" of Austria-Hungary as the Emperor's of Austria-Hungary wished to?
  • What would happen to Galicia and Lodomeria if Austria-Hungary does not annex Poland? would the Kingdom be partitioned between Austria and Poland (Eastern Galicia remaining with Austria), given to Poland, kept entirely by Austria, or something else all-together?
  • Would Germany be able to take control of all of Poland and "Germanize" the Population to make Poland a German Province like some planned?

-I believe that a monarchy was the plan. Unlike the other proposed monarchies, I think it would almost certainly not be a German monarch, solely due to the stigma (though during this time, Germany was practically the primary source of all new European dynasties
-Congress Poland, plus perhaps some chunks of Belarus. If A-H doesn't survive throw in West Galicia. Lithuania, if the Polish Nationalists have their way.
-Poland would be economically dependent on Germany, but that's likely to be the case under any circumstances other than true regional independence or Russian/Soviet domination. The oath crisis indicated that Germany expected some degree of control over the Polish military. Politics depends on the strength of the new monarch.
-It's highly unlikely the annexation would have occurred anywhere other than in the twisted minds of the ultranationslists.
-Probably nothing out of the ordinary. Which, to be sure, wasn't especially good.
-I think there was a specific event, but eventually Germany decided on not giving A-H a cut.
-Above
-Unlikely. By which I mean impossible.
 
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