WI Czechoslovakia exists to this day?

You are right about Belgium, which only turned into a federal state (and apparently continues to do so) during the last few decades. I was under the impression that this had happened shortly after WW2.

In Germany, three of the states call themself "Republic". These are Bavaria, Thuringia and Saxony. The term they use is "Freistaat", a word created in order to find a "Germanic" equivalent for the Latin/French "republic". During the Weimar Republic, most Länder called themselves a Freistaat (including Prussia), after 1945, the term has fallen out of favour in most states which only define themselves as a "Land".

And isn't the reason Bavaria, Thuringia, and Saxony call themselves such is because they were the only Weimar states remaining, with the others being mediatized after 1945?

And on topic: Czechoslovakia could be more viable if Slovaks had a feeling of more parity in the state. The Czech lands (i.e., Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia) had the bulk of the industry and infrastructure. By contrast, Slovakia, which did not come into its own as a political entity until very recently (not counting its time as a Third Reich puppet), was more rural and subject to Magyarization.
 
Czechoslovakia could be more viable if Slovaks had a feeling of more parity in the state. The Czech lands (i.e., Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia) had the bulk of the industry and infrastructure. By contrast, Slovakia, which did not come into its own as a political entity until very recently (not counting its time as a Third Reich puppet), was more rural and subject to Magyarization.
Well industry in Slovakia was pretty good developed. Problem was that bigest part of it was heavy industry.
Steel works in Kosice and Podbrezova, are pretty doing good even today but factories which were producing armaments (tanks, armored personal carriers etc are basically gone), some Skoda factories in Slovakia producing Vans in Trnava and Bratislava were closed. No modernization after 1989. What I heard in 2008 was economy doing pretty good (car producing factories Pequote, Hyundai, Volkswagen, then Panasonic etc.).
Magyarization was not problem any more after 1918. New Univerizties opened during 1st Czechoslovak republic in Bratislava, later in Kosice. More after WWII. Of course with great help of Czech teachers and profesors.
Czechoslovak republic had support almost all over Slovakia in 1991/92. East of Slovakia especially. There were of course areas where support for independent Slovakia was greater.
Basically what I think Meciar and Klaus wanted to play in their own sand boxes. And there was not strong political party in Slovakia and Czech republic which could organize strong protests. On the other hand. People were afraid a bit of balkanization of the problem. Example from Yugoslavia at the time was frightening.
 
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