AHC: Modern Hungarian borders on the Carpathians?

With a POD after 1900, how might we see a hungarian dominated state with historical borders, rather than the attempt at ethnic ones made OTL?
 
Well IMHO, you actually need a pre-1900 PoD, especially in the demographics of the Hungarian-language Orthodox Christians.
 
Multiethnic states exist today, and there are several nearby examples of states that were multiethnic in 1900 and were much less so today.
 
Not very likely. The kind of upheaval needed to let Hungary secede from A-H would also allow Hungary's very large minorities to secede.

Magnum's idea is probably the only chance. Let's say the Central Powers win WWI; then Germany goes ahead with its plan to overthrow King Ferdinand of Romania and the liberals, installing a conservative regime under a new German King (probably Friedrich Karl of Hesse). This is arguably necessary for the AHC since any other Romanian government will be willing - and far more able - to help the Romanians in Transylvania.

After, A-H dissolves, but the German Empire is still standing. Hungary - being large, in a geographically important position, and being one of the few semi-stable creations of the new Mitteleuropa - occupies a key position in Germany's alliance system, and German support lets it survive the next few decades with its borders unchanged. During those decades, Hungary has the opportunity to build up its military and weaken non-Hungarian separatism; either reforming to accommodate the minorities or violently suppressing and resettling them.
 
What you need is for the Hungarians not to block military sending increases. If A-H matches the militray spending and a % od GDP in the average range of its neighbors, you get a much strnger and more modern military for A-H. The way the empire financed its military was shamefull. Reform that and you just might get a Central Powers victory.
 
That interesting thread about Germany carving up A-H with Russian help would qualify (though I also believe it to be ASB or nearly so in political will for such a move).
That aside, I agree it's really unlikely to do it 'internally' as any such scenario would see everybody ganging up on Hungary like how all nations with claims on Bulgaria did in 1912-13 and likely cutting off a few slices if not more.
 
What would a modern day Hungary with Translyvania, Slovakia, etc. look like? It would have a population of around 20 million, almost 3 times modern Hungary but less than a third the populations of the OTL 'big 4.' It would remain landlocked as I don't expect it would keep Croatia. Would it be a mere satellite of Germany, or a minor power, or maybe even a middle power? Even with the expanded borders it doesn't seem to have any very important resources, am I missing anything?

Thanks.
 
What would a modern day Hungary with Translyvania, Slovakia, etc. look like? It would have a population of around 20 million, almost 3 times modern Hungary but less than a third the populations of the OTL 'big 4.' It would remain landlocked as I don't expect it would keep Croatia. Would it be a mere satellite of Germany, or a minor power, or maybe even a middle power? Even with the expanded borders it doesn't seem to have any very important resources, am I missing anything?

Thanks.

It could play a role similar to OTL Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. A 21st century version I'm not so sure, since this scenario would probably butterfly both Nazism and communist rule there. My guess is it would be decently well-off economically but with a lot more potential and also very vulnerable to recessions--a lot of Hungarians might live abroad in Western Europe. Ethnic tensions could also be an issue, knowing the whole "Magyarisation" policy OTL.
 
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