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What would have happened if the Revolution of 1848 succeeded in the way that Germany was unified as a republic (like the left wanted)?
- Better relations with France?
- Worse relations with the Habsburgs empire? Some kind of pressure for incorporating German Austria?
- Which model of republic woud be the more likely? Federal? Unitary like in France? A kind of cantonal confederatio like the Swiss one?
- What kind of foreign policy? Neutral? Imperialist? A kind of 'over-Bismarck' with the aim of incorporation other territories but in a peacefully way?