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The challenge is to have Austria have a colonial empire that rival to french and british that survive to minimum ww1 is that possible? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_colonial_policy
They had some short-lived ones in East Asia, so maybe some Spice Islands?Don't know abt rivalling GB and France. You'd need a really early PoD for that if it can be done at all.
It's not hard for them to get a middling one. Say if Max was Emperor instead of FJ, he might hire Stanley and get the Congo instead of Leopold. If he also pre-empts Germany in East Africa, then he's got a "Mittelafrika". Not sure what else is likely though.
If Austria tried to annex Libya instead of Italians could it actually defeat and hold Libya from ottomans?
For a post-1815 POD, Metternich dies sooner and is replaced by someone who cares more about maintaining Habsburg power than turning the clock back to 1789 (no they aren't the same thing). Realizing that geography put it at a disadvantage in the German Question he instead decides that the best way to preserve and expand Habsburg power is to ride the wave of Italian nationalism and has the Habsburg duchies in Italy organized into a Habsburg Kingdom of Italy. This removes one of the biggest drains on Habsburg resources in the 1800s, obliterates the first naval choke point, and generally puts Austria in a better position to project power overseas.The challenge is to have Austria have a colonial empire that rival to french and british that survive to minimum ww1 is that possible? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_colonial_policy
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Spice islands are in the Indonesia/Malaysia area, sugar islands are in the Caribbean... which one do you mean? Caribbean islands are never called spice islands.Far cheaper to import the stuff. Besides, the Austrians were mostly dealing with issues in Germany or against the Italians and Ottomans. Always the ever popular Ostend Company route, but back then most countries went for ports. I take it we are desiring the colonial system that ended up in Africa, rather than the settlement system of the Americans, Russians, and British Dominionists? Anyways, the first main issue is getting Austria a port. The Ottomans and Venetians had most of the north Adriatic coast, I imagine Flanders is a bit far out of the way. Need to find a way for someone to give the Austrians a spice island in the Caribbean.