Austria-Hungary (Almost Map Game)

The Austro-Hungarian Republic (also known as Federal Republic of Austria and Hungary, or siply Austria-Hungary) is a dual state in Central Europe, formed in 1846, after the Austrian Civil War of 1844-45. The country is bordered with Bavaria, Lichtenstein and Switzerland to the west, Bohemia-Moravia, and Slovakia-Moravia to the north, Romania to the east and Serbia, Italy and the Adriatic Sea to the south. It has a 1851 km long coastline, with the important cities of Trieste, Koper, Fiume, Split, Dubrovnik and Ploce. The republic is divided into two Countries, 19 Regions and one Autonomous Region (Bosnia).

The Austro-Bosnian War
In 1843 the mighty Austrian empire, ruled by the Habsburg emperors attacked the weak country of Bosnia, who decalred independence from the former Serbian Empire in 1841, and has not got any organized military forces. The Bosnian army was defeated in the Battle of Sarajevo, but the capital city prepared to the siege, which lasted for a year. After the falling of the city, only 76.000 was alive of the original 100.000 men strong Austrian army. Bosnia was annexed on 3th January 1844, but the troubles weren't end.

Rebellions
After the winning of the bloody war, Czech and Slovak nationalists proclaimed the independent republic of Bohemia-Slovakia. The Imperial Army marched to supress them, but they failed. Seeing their failure, other little nations, such as Italians and Romanians rose up too, and their home nation supported them with money and troops. The Italian Habsburg lands and Transylvania were lost to the intervening armies. After this, the Revolution of Vienna broke out, and the Habsburgs were executed, and the Republic of Austria was proclaimed. The Hungarian regiments separated from the slowly dissolving Imperial Army, and marched to the capital. They signed an alliance pact with the Austrian rebels, and started negotiations about an Austro-Hungarian federal states.

Later, the armies were reorganised, and repelled the czechoslovak armies. Meanwhile, the Bohemian leadership was moved from the power, and the new government wanted an independent Bohemia-Moravia, rather than the union with the Slovaks. They signed a ceasefire with the Austro-Hungarians in August 1844, so does the Slovaks. (After this, the Moravian War broke out between Slovakia and Bohemia, and ended with the splitting of Moravia in October 1844.)

Consolidation
In 1846 the Austrian and Hungarian leaders wrote the consitution for the future dual state, and a caretaker government was formed. This was the Congress of Vienna. Meanwhile, Bosnians started rebelling, but the caretaker government gave them autonomy, so the war never broke out. The army was reformed from the Austrian and Hungarian troops, and reached the size of 60.000. On 7th October the Federal Republic of Austria and Hungary was finally proclaimed.