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In another thread a scenario was presented where a Habsburg proposal to trade the Austrian (earlier Spanish) Netherlands with Bavaria was accepted (some time between the end of the War of Spanish Succession and the end of the Napoleonic wars). In this scenario Austria might be able to keep Silesia, as Prussia would be weaker compared to Austria. Would this mean that Austria would take the lead in the unification of Germany? If so, would an Austria-dominated Germany be less militaristic than Germany was in the first half of the 20. century?