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Here's this alternate scenario:

Franz Joseph is assassinated in 1853, and his Brother, Maximilian(OTL Maximilian I of Mexico), becomes emperor. He was Engaged to a wife that his Family picked, but after marrying Charlotte of Belgium, which made any children he would had, illegitimate, so his Brother, Archduke Karl Ludwig, would take the throne after.

After the Prussians usurp Austria's position in Germany, Maximilian focused on more liberal and military reforms, including the compromise with Hungary, and created Austria-Hungary.

In 1896, Archduke Karl Ludwig dies, his son, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, becomes heir.

In 1906, Aurel Popovici proposed to federalize the Empire, to create the United States of Greater Austria. Maximilian and Franz Ferdinand both love the idea, and Maximilian put it into effect in 1911, creating the United States of Greater Austria.

However, this does not save Franz Ferdinand from being assassinated, in 1914.

Given this scenario, what do you think would happen next. I may make a timeline later on, but would you think would happen?
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