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There's been some talk about the Habsburgs reforming Austria-Hungary before WWI. This is not one of those threads.

From what I've read, the breakup of Austria-Hungary was a combination of the stresses of WWI and the war goals of their enemies. Serbia wanted to build their own empire from the Austrian carcass. Romania wanted Transylvania. The Czechs gave up on Austria-Hungary and spun Czechoslovakia into existence.

What I want to know is, how could the Habsburgs have retained power following the end of WWI? This is not an alt-WWI question; Germany still loses, everything is exactly the same, except the Habsburgs stay on the throne of at least one of the successor states resulting from the collapse of Austria-Hungary.

(Yes, I have read ImperialVienna's timeline, but the central premise of an upsurge in monarchist sentiment in Austria is not explained.)

A quick blow-by-blow of the circumstances leading to the Austro-Hungarian collapse would be fine, if any of you think it's necessary.
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