After Napoléon's final defeat at Waterloo, the allies imposed a harsher treaty on France than the one she enjoyed in 1814. In terms of territorial losses, France was to cede the department of Mont-Blanc back to the Kingdom of Sardinia (Mont-Blanc contained both Annécy and Chambèry, the two most populated cities in the Savoie region), northern Alsace to Bavaria, most of the Saarland to Prussia, and some of Hainaut and Namur to the Netherlands, as shown below.
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Furthermore, France was forced to pay 700 million francs in reparations to the various allies, as well as be submitted to an occupation for three years that she had to pay for herself. According to Wikipedia, the cost of supplying the occupying soldiers was estimated to be 196 million per year. Moreover, the Hundred Days led to pretty severe political effects on France, causing the White Terror and emboldening the ultra-royalists who would eventually prove to be the downfall of the House of Bourbon.
How would 19th century Europe be different had Napoléon stayed in Elba, or was intercepted, or was sent somewhere further to begin with? Would France still eventually seek the rest of Savoie, along with Nice, to complete its alpine border? What's the significance of the extra lands in modern-day Wallonia going to France? Is there enough coal/iron in there to make a significant difference for France? With fewer Franco/Wallonophones in the Netherlands, would the Belgian revolution been avoided? Is the chunk of the Saarland/Palatinate retained by France of any significance? Exactly how significant was the 700 billion Francs in reparations + 200 million per year from the occupation to the French budget? What could France have done otherwise with it? How significant was the Hundred Days in causing the notorious political instability of Restoration France? 60,000-70,000 government officials were dismissed and hundreds were executed, for example. Lastly, would France's diplomatic image in Europe have been better without the Hundred Days? If a Belgian Revolution does happen in this TL, could Talleyrand have pulled off his scheme to absorb a big chunk of it into France?
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...ritoriaux_de_la_France_en_1814.svg?uselang=fr
Furthermore, France was forced to pay 700 million francs in reparations to the various allies, as well as be submitted to an occupation for three years that she had to pay for herself. According to Wikipedia, the cost of supplying the occupying soldiers was estimated to be 196 million per year. Moreover, the Hundred Days led to pretty severe political effects on France, causing the White Terror and emboldening the ultra-royalists who would eventually prove to be the downfall of the House of Bourbon.
How would 19th century Europe be different had Napoléon stayed in Elba, or was intercepted, or was sent somewhere further to begin with? Would France still eventually seek the rest of Savoie, along with Nice, to complete its alpine border? What's the significance of the extra lands in modern-day Wallonia going to France? Is there enough coal/iron in there to make a significant difference for France? With fewer Franco/Wallonophones in the Netherlands, would the Belgian revolution been avoided? Is the chunk of the Saarland/Palatinate retained by France of any significance? Exactly how significant was the 700 billion Francs in reparations + 200 million per year from the occupation to the French budget? What could France have done otherwise with it? How significant was the Hundred Days in causing the notorious political instability of Restoration France? 60,000-70,000 government officials were dismissed and hundreds were executed, for example. Lastly, would France's diplomatic image in Europe have been better without the Hundred Days? If a Belgian Revolution does happen in this TL, could Talleyrand have pulled off his scheme to absorb a big chunk of it into France?
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