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What would have happened if Prussia/Germany lost the Franco-Prussian war? Or at least if they lost the equivalent of the Franco-Prussian war as I am not certain it was possible for them to lose that war. I am asking because of this thread, where France got southern Belgium and was more industrialised at the moment of the war, so it doesn't need to be the exact same Franco-Prussian war. It must at least be a war between France and Germany/most of Germany at the middle of the 19th century.
France no doubt would want some part of Germany. What would they demand, all of the rhineland? Just part of it, like the saarland, Palatinate, (Luxembourg)?
What effect would it have on the German unification? Would it halt it, creating a northern German federation and a southern German unification? Or would it strengthen German unification out of fear of France? Would Prussian influence in such a germany be less strong as they just lost a large part of Prussia to France (assuming France wanted all of it)?