AHC Reversed Switzerland and Austria

Because Switzerland was the birthplace of Hasburgs, i invite all of you to create a TL where the dynasty remained here and unite the country and later create a multicultural empire, while Austria become and remain a confederate republic.

Base rules:

-Switzerland can expand everywhere, Austria can control in certain periodes external territories (as for the swiss who holds for a while Milan), but in the end it must remain into its actual borders. Switzerland or others can invade and occupy Austria but in the end they not take none of its territories.
-The more Austria remain neutral, is better.
-It is preferred to make Switzerland a bastion of Catholicism and Austria a Protestant haven.
-As for Austria-Hungary, try to make Switzerland part of a union with a confinant nation; remember that Switzerland can annex to his own state all the regions you want (so to make an example you can make a union with Hungary if Switzerland had control of Lumbardy, than Veneto and finally Slovenia which borders with Hungary); additional points if also the state in union obtains new territories. Temporanean unions with not-border nations are permitted (example Charles V), but not over the second generations.
-The capital of the empire must be always swiss ( it is not necessary that is Bern); if you want, it is also not necessary that Wien is the capital of Austria.
-The Hasburgs must be remain rulers of Switzerland until you want to finish the empire ( but it is also permitted to survive until today); alternative lineages and weddings were permitted but the main branch must remain that of Hasburgs.

Have fun!;)
 
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