What If Austria United Germany?

What if Austria defeated Prussia in 1866—and claimed Germany for itself? In this fictional countryball timeline, Vienna buys allies with land, France demands compensation, Hungary breaks away, and Prussia fights for revenge. Winning Germany creates an empire full of rivals. This is alternate history. The treaties, wars and territorial changes after the assumed Austrian victory are invented, not a claim about real events or an inevitable outcome. Borders are approximate. Which would you choose: Vienna’s empire or Prussia’s Germany? CHAPTERS 0:00 Austria wins 0:10 Alternate History: What If Austria United Germany? 0:32 France takes its cut 1:36 Hungary leaves 2:48 France attacks 3:36 Bohemia gets Silesia 4:24 France and Prussia attack 4:56 Prussia is abolished 5:36 Poland is partitioned again 6:24 Hungary attacks 7:36 Four ultimatums HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Deutsches Historisches Museum: the real 1866 war and Peace of Prague https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/reaktionszeit/deutscherbund/deutschekrieg https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/reaktionszeit/deutscher-bund-und-nationale-frage/prager-frieden-1866 World of the Habsburgs: the actual compromise with Hungary https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/empire-two-halves-compromise-hungary ART AND MUSIC Original countryball animation, illustrated characters, maps and thumbnails by The World, Redrawn, with AI-assisted illustration. Historical flag artwork: ThrashedParanoid, Peregrine981 and Argenciy, Wikimedia Commons public-domain releases; additional simplified banners are original redrawings. Music: Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, movements I, II and IV; Skidmore College Orchestra / Musopen, public-domain dedicated recording via Wikimedia Commons. #AlternateHistory #Countryballs #Austria