First of all, the title is actually the motto of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it stands for "Indivisible and inseparable" (LOL
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So I got very interested in Austria-Hungary in the past few days and the only way to quell that is to write a TL (Literally an AH of A-H). Austria-Hungary was a very large, very populous country (in contrast with much of Europe), and was very ethnically diverse (a little too much so). It had one of the fastest growing economies and was home to one of the largest Jewish populations in Europe but it all went crazy after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Along with staunch nationalism and terrible mismanagement, Austria-Hungary didn't stand a chance and collapsed. But had there been drastic changes made during the "Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867", Austrian, European, and World history would be very different.
And that's why, I've chosen my POD as a very different...
Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867- also called the Ausgleich in German and the Kiegyezés in Hungarian was the birth of a great nation, The Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungarian statesman, Ferenc Deak was the driving force behind the compromise and fully cooperated with the Habsburgs who knew that the compromise was the only way to keep their monarchy from collapsing. Only a few Hungarian nobles were consulted and the Slavs were left out altogether but this caused large scale violence and dissatisfaction as minority groups didn't get what they wanted. So to reach an agreement, Austrians and Hungarian Nobles along with leaders representing several minority groups, meet in Vienna. They reach a solution to create a congressional system wherein every hereditary region of the Empire (mostly based of ethnic divisions) were represented in a federal congress. This sort of federalistic monarchy ensured that every ethnic group could be equally represented. The Habsburgs readily accepted the idea because they opposed nationalism. The new Federal Constitutional Monarchy's Constitution ensured equal rights to every citizen regardless of ethnicity or religion (even though Roman Catholicism would remain the state religion). Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria sought to rename the country to fit the demands of the different ethnic groups, so he called a congressional meeting in Budapest (the other capital of Austria-Hungary, product of the cities of Buda and Pest). The federal congress (Bundeskongress) renamed the country, "The Kingdom of the United Crowns of St. Leopold (Austria), St. Wenceslaus (Bohemia), St. Stephen (Hungary), and Tomislav (Croatia, Slovenia). However, the name is painfully long so is mostly called UC or the United Crowns. The country would completely federalize to meet the meets of the ethnic groups (as UC is extremely diverse)by 1869. Now the nation has to strengthen econmically to ensure its status as a global power.

Map of The Kingdom of the United Crowns of St. Leopold, St. Wenceslaus, St. Stephen, and Tomislav.
Very preliminary flag of the Kingdom (I made a new one but I can't use it until after some updates)
Note: The idea about the federalized government came from this post- https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=6675213&postcount=19
So I got very interested in Austria-Hungary in the past few days and the only way to quell that is to write a TL (Literally an AH of A-H). Austria-Hungary was a very large, very populous country (in contrast with much of Europe), and was very ethnically diverse (a little too much so). It had one of the fastest growing economies and was home to one of the largest Jewish populations in Europe but it all went crazy after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Along with staunch nationalism and terrible mismanagement, Austria-Hungary didn't stand a chance and collapsed. But had there been drastic changes made during the "Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867", Austrian, European, and World history would be very different.
And that's why, I've chosen my POD as a very different...
Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867- also called the Ausgleich in German and the Kiegyezés in Hungarian was the birth of a great nation, The Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungarian statesman, Ferenc Deak was the driving force behind the compromise and fully cooperated with the Habsburgs who knew that the compromise was the only way to keep their monarchy from collapsing. Only a few Hungarian nobles were consulted and the Slavs were left out altogether but this caused large scale violence and dissatisfaction as minority groups didn't get what they wanted. So to reach an agreement, Austrians and Hungarian Nobles along with leaders representing several minority groups, meet in Vienna. They reach a solution to create a congressional system wherein every hereditary region of the Empire (mostly based of ethnic divisions) were represented in a federal congress. This sort of federalistic monarchy ensured that every ethnic group could be equally represented. The Habsburgs readily accepted the idea because they opposed nationalism. The new Federal Constitutional Monarchy's Constitution ensured equal rights to every citizen regardless of ethnicity or religion (even though Roman Catholicism would remain the state religion). Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria sought to rename the country to fit the demands of the different ethnic groups, so he called a congressional meeting in Budapest (the other capital of Austria-Hungary, product of the cities of Buda and Pest). The federal congress (Bundeskongress) renamed the country, "The Kingdom of the United Crowns of St. Leopold (Austria), St. Wenceslaus (Bohemia), St. Stephen (Hungary), and Tomislav (Croatia, Slovenia). However, the name is painfully long so is mostly called UC or the United Crowns. The country would completely federalize to meet the meets of the ethnic groups (as UC is extremely diverse)by 1869. Now the nation has to strengthen econmically to ensure its status as a global power.

Map of The Kingdom of the United Crowns of St. Leopold, St. Wenceslaus, St. Stephen, and Tomislav.
Very preliminary flag of the Kingdom (I made a new one but I can't use it until after some updates)
Note: The idea about the federalized government came from this post- https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=6675213&postcount=19
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