Perhaps the front remain stable, but the brittish blockade destroy the german economy. Both the entente powers and the Central Powers grow near collapse. Finally they agree to sign a peace according to the lines drawn up by the American president Woodrow Wilson. Germany lost Alsace- Lorraine and some polish territory. A polish state was created from german, austrian and russian territory. Italy gained south Tirol. Germany did not lose her colonies, Bulgaria lost some territory. A Arab Kingdom was created in Iraq, but the Ottoman Empire did not lose additional territory, but was forced to accept a federalized contitution, giving anatolina greeks, kurds, arabs, armenians and smaller minorities authonomy. Ireland gained independence and Belgium was resored. Serbia gained Vojvodina and united with Montenegro. Austria- Hungary federalized into The Habsburg Confederacy consisting of states drawn up on ethnic lines. Russia got the privilege to choose a king for Poland (A Romanov grand duke was chosen, after he converted to catholicism). Germany became a republic. Ethnic groups in Russia became more violent after the war, and communism became a serous threat all over in Europe. Bolsheviks and mensheviks confused the situation in Russia, while the real threat were in stes like Germany, France and Italy, where the communists became a dominant group in the parliaments.