Modern Imperialism
Banned
Without WW1 let's say Austria-Hungary still falls apart. Imagine Yugoslavia type of break up but bigger and more chaotic. Germany comes in to try to "stabilize" the region. It annexes the German and most of the former Holy Roman Empire parts of the country while puppeting the rest. It makes Banat a indepedent German nation under German protection. Germany makes Transylvania into a multi-ethnic nation between Germans, Romanians, and Hungarians. Italy is given some lands they want. Hungary is cut down and puppeted forcefully for likely being a big reason for the conflict. Hungary is made up of its modern territory and Slovakia. Croatia and Galicia I am not sure how they would handle. Probably make the parts of Croatia not given to Italy an independent German puppet while giving Galicia to Russia. I also see Germany putting something in place in these regions to make sure Germans across these new nations are a protected and preferably a privileged class so they can use them as economic leverage in the region.
Additional and optional extension to this, let's say Europe suffers a repeat of 1848 revolutions without a Great War but this time it is much more widespread and bigger. Austria-Hungary suffers the above fate but Russia also suffers a massive revolution like the ones seen in 1917. Germany sends forces to "stabilize" some of Russia from the chaos of the revolution. Germany repeats what it did above somewhat. They make the Baltics one independent puppet state and does the same to Poland who also gets Russian Polish lands and Galicia. The successor government in Russia is able to retain the rest of its land or most of it after the revolution besides the ones Germany took away. Britain let's Germany do all this because they think Germany is the best option for keeping the region calm. France is upset but doesn't challenge Germany because of unrest at home and Germany while dealing with conflicts out east are mostly fighting revolutionaries and smaller nations. They aren't fighting a great power so France doesn't feel confident enough face off against Germany without the support of a other great power.
Thoughts on this?
Additional and optional extension to this, let's say Europe suffers a repeat of 1848 revolutions without a Great War but this time it is much more widespread and bigger. Austria-Hungary suffers the above fate but Russia also suffers a massive revolution like the ones seen in 1917. Germany sends forces to "stabilize" some of Russia from the chaos of the revolution. Germany repeats what it did above somewhat. They make the Baltics one independent puppet state and does the same to Poland who also gets Russian Polish lands and Galicia. The successor government in Russia is able to retain the rest of its land or most of it after the revolution besides the ones Germany took away. Britain let's Germany do all this because they think Germany is the best option for keeping the region calm. France is upset but doesn't challenge Germany because of unrest at home and Germany while dealing with conflicts out east are mostly fighting revolutionaries and smaller nations. They aren't fighting a great power so France doesn't feel confident enough face off against Germany without the support of a other great power.
Thoughts on this?