Unless through a quite far back POD the definition of 'Germany' became the area that the Teutonic Order had and the definition of 'Russia' became the area that the Kievan Rus had. Then 'Germany' and 'Russia' could be united into a 'United Kingdom' and possess a city or two in the 'Imperial' 'Dominion' of 'India'.
Support separatists en masse. I could see France and America funding nationalists heavily.I suppose, ideally if the entities have come about differently than OTL, you could gain all of those titles, but not all at once.
And then as others said.
But assuming that the areas can be held together in the first place, what can the rest of Europe do?
I bow to that suggestion. Well played, sir.Unless through a quite far back POD the definition of 'Germany' became the area that the Teutonic Order had and the definition of 'Russia' became the area that the Kievan Rus had. Then 'Germany' and 'Russia' could be united into a 'United Kingdom' and possess a city or two in the 'Imperial' 'Dominion' of 'India'.
Support separatists en masse. I could see France and America funding nationalists heavily.
Impossible, the constituent realms would break from each other. This was the age of nationalism.
Finally, someone else who disagrees with the fetish for Personal Unions.