in the case of a 'less German Germany' Transcarpathia might be included into the Empire as well, not sure wether my TL is going to go in that direction though.
If we got less german germany that means not Transcarpathia, Just Galicia, creating a sub polish nation inside germany, when poles are not strong enough to make major noise, still would be part of the german nation and the second major ethnic group into it, plus solved the issue, as Galicia is now germany they will not allow nobody try to touch it.in the case of a 'less German Germany' Transcarpathia might be included into the Empire as well, not sure wether my TL is going to go in that direction though.
How good is your Dutch? I couldn't find an English source.I do think myself that it would be incredibly hard to annex/icorporate the Netherlands into a German Empire as the Dutch at that point were just their own nation. The thig you have to remember though, is that in this case we are not talking of a small-German solution (without Austria) as it was in otl in which case Germany was much more homogenous (few minorities, few Catholics, strong Prussian position) than it will be in my TL. The Germany of otl was 'more German' whih means that it would be harder to incorporate other cultures.
A Germany that includes Austrians, Italians, Chechs, more Poles and possibly some more of the Balcan people living in the Habsburg Empire before the Unification will be much more diverse, therefore easier to accept other cultures and for other cultures it would be easier to live there.
Still, it would be very hard but i guess that if there is some event that changes the attitude toward a netherland-ish entry. They could be:
- A royal marriage that is very popular on both sides of the border. You said the Danish constitution prohibited this though, I didn't know that, do you have a link? Thanks.
Artikel 29.
De Koning der Nederlanden kan geene vreemde Kroon dragen. In geen geval kan de zetel van de Regering buiten het Rijk worden verplaatst.
- A long war in which Germany and Netherlands fight on the same side, possibly protecting the Netherlands against french agression. The Netherlands could get back Belgium (which used to be part of it) as a reward for entering the German Empire.
With Denmark part of the German confederation, Germany is less likely to form and if it did it is likely Denmark won't become part of Germany. I realy doubt the Danes would like it after all. That said, still no reason for the Netherlands to follow. I don't think you either understand the Dutch identity or the age of nationalism very well.- Danemark could enter the German Confederation as it nearly did in otl. During the Second Shleswig War, after Denmark lost, its King offered to enter the German Confederation to stop the victors from anexing Schleswig Holstein and protect the countries Unity. In this case, the German Empire would be more of a Germanic Empire which means that cultures which have another language but still te close to german culture could be included. Would kinda be a wank though, which I don't plan on doing.
Austria will prefer to keep as much of their empire as possible a direct part of their kingdom within the German Empire, so as to increase the number of seats they have. This probably means that all of Bohemia-Moravia, Austria proper, and the italian possessions will be part of the kingdom of Austria. Hungary (incl. Slovenia and Transylvania) will probably be a separate kingdom ruled by a different Habsburg, allied to the German Empire.
@Nivek might make it happen like that actually.
@Mikestone8 The thing is that therell need to be wuite a lot of unrest and seperatism in the AH Empire to get them to accept the Compromise in the first place so I guess it will be hard to create the kind of tension you need to get Austria to join forces with Prussia and keep together the PU at the same time.
Hungary will probably want its own ruler. I'll think about it though.