The empire was reorganized into Austria-Hungary in 1867, with Hungary being a sovereign state in personal union with Austria, as a compromise to maintain peace between the imperial administration and the non-German populations of the empire. Austria joined the German Confederation in 1815 (not represented in game), which survived the revolutions of 1848 but collapsed in 1866 after a war with Prussia. It was in Vienna that the great nations of Europe, following their victory, redrew the political map of the continent into a new order, balanced between the great powers. In 1806, during the Napoleonic Wars, Austria suffered a string of crushing defeats at the hands of Revolutionary France, following which the Holy Roman Empire was abolished. Beginning in the 18th century, Austria's hegemony over Germany was challenged by the rise of Prussia in the north, a rivalry which would come to define much of German politics for decades to come. Unlike the Germanic populations of Northern Europe, the overwhelming majority of Austrians remained Catholic, and the Habsburgs proved to be deadly foes to the Reformation, culminating in the eradication of Protestantism in Hungary. The empire flourished into one of the most powerful states in all of Europe. Historically, Austria rose to prominence under the Habsburg family, who took the crown of the Holy Roman Empire and expanded their holdings across much of Germany and Central Europe, including Bohemia-Moravia (modern day Czech Republic), Hungary (including parts of several other modern countries), Slovenia, Croatia and Dalmatia.
It is bordered by Russia, Krakow, Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria and Württemberg to the north, Switzerland and Sardinia-Piedmont to the west, Parma, Modena, Papal States, the Ottoman Empire, Serbia and Wallachia to the south, and Moldavia and, again, the Russian Empire to the east. With a large population but large ethnic tensions, in order to lead Austria into the spotlight large sacrifices must be made.Īustria is an empire of roughly 8.84 million people in East-Central Europe. Austria and all of its German allies and enemies in 1836Īustria is in her peak by the start of Victoria 2.
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