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This is something I've been wondering about recently. I've seen many threads on a French victory in the Franco-Prussian war, but not many realistic ideas on what the peace settlement and subsequently Europe would look like. So what would Europe look like? Would France gain the left bank of the Rhine? Would we see new German states formed from the Rhineland instead? Would the Prussian annexations in 1866 be overturned? What about a Restoration of the German Confederation? Could Saxony regain its pre-1815 borders? Finally, would Austria retake its preeminent position in Germany with Prussia beaten or would France remake the Confederation of the Rhine? Please Discuss! (BTW this is assuming a devastating French victory a la Prussia).