The Soviet Union was to a large extent a reincarnation of the Tsarist Russian Empire. Not only its territorial control and geopolitical interests matched that of the Russian Empire, but more importantly its ideology and mentality started to get similar to its Imperial predecessor out of either convergent evolution or deliberate imitation.
Another example was Yugoslavia. Post-War communist Yugoslavia was created out of a shattered Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Communist Yugoslavia took lessons from the failure of the Serb-centric Kingdom, and made serious efforts to form a new relationship between the Serbs, the Croats and other nationalities, under the auspice of a new ideology.
Could the Austro-Hungarian Empire be re-created in the same way? Could a country be established in Central and Southern Europe that was comprised of roughly the same fiefdoms (including part of the Southern Germany to strengthen if necessary), but was organized around a radically different ideology (can be communism or others) and a different ruling class.
Another example was Yugoslavia. Post-War communist Yugoslavia was created out of a shattered Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Communist Yugoslavia took lessons from the failure of the Serb-centric Kingdom, and made serious efforts to form a new relationship between the Serbs, the Croats and other nationalities, under the auspice of a new ideology.
Could the Austro-Hungarian Empire be re-created in the same way? Could a country be established in Central and Southern Europe that was comprised of roughly the same fiefdoms (including part of the Southern Germany to strengthen if necessary), but was organized around a radically different ideology (can be communism or others) and a different ruling class.