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We all know about the importance of Otto von Bismarck to the creation of the German Empire and many of it's successes while its chancellor.

Formational in his political outlook were his years as a deputy to the Frankfurt Diet of the German Confederation. He gained an appreciation for German unification and became decidedly less reactionary, more practical and utilitarian.

But what if the German Confederation is never reconstituted as a result of the Punctation of Olmütz? What if something like my alternate Hessian Question happens instead?

Does Bismarck still get appointed to the Prussian House of Lords if doesn't have to step down from his seat in the Landtag? Does he still get made ambassador to Russia in 1857 and then to France in 1862? What about getting made Minister-President of Prussia and Foreign Secretary? And if he does, does the lack of experiences at the Frankfurt Diet mean he stays as a reactionary rather than a pragmatist and continues to dislikes the idea of German unification?
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