AHC: Make Austria-Hungary Survive

If you go to ancient Rome to look for signs of modern nationalism, I'm sorry but I see little point of continuing this discussion any further.

That is my point. This isn't modern nationalism. It's nationalism, something that has been around forever and will be around until we invent hive minds. Some countries are unified ethnically and religiously, and some countries aren't. Those that aren't are going to have a tough time holding together, requiring extraordinarily charismatic leaders and general prosperity. War is certainly a major factor in the survival of a multiethnic empire, but it is far from the end-all, be-all you claim it is.
 
Get Italy knocked out of the war early somehow or have them not participate at all. Upon Karl's accession, he tried to get the Empire out of the war - the allies weren't interested, though, apparently due to promises to Italy

More because Karl (and the rest of the Austrian enstablishment) were adamant in not giving up any inch of A-H territory to the italians...so accepting Wien proposal was very difficult to accept politically (had they agree to giving up something, nothing of epic or crippling, even what promised for neutrality in the end will be accepted...after a lot of pressure from London and Paris and some other compensation)
 
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