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Assuming that by the 20th century Austria and Hungary were separate states united only by sharing the same monarch and having an alliance, how does that impact WW1 if something like it were to even occur? I imagine Hungary would get Bosnia on its own and the Habsburg monarch would reside in Vienna, but trans- and cis-liethenia would have their same borders. They'd have their own armies and funding policies, languages, and governance, but have a permanent alliance. Could WW1 even start in that situation and then would the two states be more prepared for war if so? How if at all would it change the alliance with Germany?

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