Austro-Prussian War results in a tie?

I'm sure something like this has been done before, but how might we get an Austro-Prussian War that ends up with both sides basically end up where they started? Or at least just a much less devastating loss for Austria? What I'd like to see in the end is some sort of Austrian-run German Confederation in the south and a smaller German Empire in the north, both of which are lasting, cohesive entities. Anybody up for the challenge?

Earliest POD is 1800.
 
I'm sure something like this has been done before, but how might we get an Austro-Prussian War that ends up with both sides basically end up where they started? Or at least just a much less devastating loss for Austria? What I'd like to see in the end is some sort of Austrian-run German Confederation in the south and a smaller German Empire in the north, both of which are lasting, cohesive entities. Anybody up for the challenge?

Earliest POD is 1800.

Read the "If you wait you may become king of Sweden" thread.
 
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