Which other empires would you like to see in videos like this?

I did the maths. The population of this empire today, with the data of the regions of all the countries in it, would be around 75 million people living in the empire. It would be the 18th most populated country worldwide and the 4th in Europe.

Next Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Her: I bet she is thinking of other girls! Him: When will the Austro-Hungarian empire ever reunite!? I want that empire back!

When all 8 of my great grandparents immigrated to the US in the early 1900s, they are all registered as having come from Austria, though none were Austrian.

As a resident of the former Austro-Hugarian Empire, I would be more than happy to join, or to rejoin.

Btw a small part of todays Czechia was NOT part of Austria-Hungary. It used to be part of Imperial Germany and was given to Czechoslovakia after WW1. It was called "Hultschiner Ländchen".

As an Austrian, this topic is very interesting for me. Thank you! =D

I am from Croatia that was part of Austria-Hungary and I want Austria-Hungary united again because living in Austria-Hungary was better (for example railroads were built in Austria-Hungary, many buildings were built and in shipyards in Croatia warships and boats were built and many cities grew in Austria-Hungary and Rijeka and Trieste became traffic hubs).

At the start of your you said that the Habsburg monarchy has roots in the Holy Roman Empire, but thats not really the case. Habsburgs were emperors of HRE, but HRE as such doesnt have much to do with the creation of the Habsburg Monarchy. The Habsburg Monarchy was a conglomeration of feudal realms under the rule of the Austrian Habsburgs, its came into existance in 1526, when Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, was killed at the battle of Mohacs, fighting against the Turks. With him dead, the Jagiellonian dynasty in Hungary and Bohemia had no male heirs, and the succesion passed to Ferdinand von Habsburg, Archduke of Austria, who was married to the sister of Louis II. With that, the Austrian Habsburgs held Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, which became their core possessions, amongst others, altogether informally known as the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1804 they were formally unified as the Austrian Empire, which reconstituted itself as Austria-Hungary in 1867.

It makes a lot of sense due to the cultural community of these lands. Its economy was booming, in spite of criticism it had a quite balanced internal policy--all languages were official, army battalions were formed according to the native tongues of the soldiers, the banknote had an inscription in 12 languages, the whole empire was very liberal--the only country in Europe where Jews could become army officers of any ranking. Some minor border adjustments would be natural, but 80% of its population is still proud that once was part of a great empire and of an economic as well as of military power. There was a distinctive work ethic, people could travel, settle freely wherever they wanted, there was a very good administration, education, railway network with precise statistics, a very cohesive, smoothly running economy and the intelligentsia spoke at least 2 but rather 3 foreign languages---so something the EU is only dreaming of...

I am Hungarian and I think reunion would be a great idea

Next you should do what if the Kalmar Union (nordic countries) reunited today

Can we Australians join too, please? We make good beer and have all the kangaroos you will ever need. The might Austro-'Strayan-Hungarian Holy Empire will never be defeated.

My family came from Austria-Hungary and I lived with my Czech wife in Czechia for a few years. I don't think most Czechs and Slovaks would want to see the empire return. There's interest there about it from a historical prospective, but no movement to bring it back. I knew many Czechs and Slovaks who regret the breakup of Czecoslovakia but no one who really regretted the breakup of the Austrian empire.

I disagree, on the statement that the Empire would not have survived if ww1 didn't happen, as one of the reasons the assasination took place and happened is because, all of the next monarchs who were to take the throne had a plan to federelise the Empire, now that would have been very good for Austria-Hungary, but not so for Serbia, which wouldn't have been then able to spread its idea of greater Serbia, slavic Oppression...

Technically speaking, Czechia does not have entirity of its territory within the former borders of Austria-Hungary. After WW1, Czechoslovakia had received a small piece of German territory, which did not belong to Austria-Hungary. So, if you were to recreate AH in its 1914 borders, the Czech republic would still remain on the map, tho only at about twice the size of Liechtenstein.

*Austria-Hungary reunites* Italy: *Peace was never an opinion*

As a Silesian I guarantee that some Silesians from the Teschen region (the region of Silesia which was once part of this Empire) wouldn't mind bringing the Empire back together, we have good memories of these times

Whoa! Fantastic video, General! Thanks! And one of my favorite topics to talk about, because I used to live in Slovakia for 2+ years between 2016 and 2018 and have spent a lot of time in its neighbouring countries and some small cities that have a very fascinating history! I won't speak on behalf of anyone, but when I had lived there I did notice very subtle regional changes, not only in terms of religion and in its practice, but also I did understand most of the reasons why the Dual Monarchy had dissolved. Generally speaking, Czechs and Slovaks get each other extremely well, but even they have their differences and that's why they split up in 1993. Slovakia is more religious and conservative and is more similar to Hungary in some aspects in terms of culture and cuisine, while the Czech Republic is closer to the Germans and Austrians in terms of mentality and approach towards their everyday life. Many of these countries have started to get along better than they used to by way of Schengen and the EU's overall common politics have contributed largely for these countries to have better functioning economies and public services in comparison to... say, the Balkans. The non-EU member states (Bosnia and Ukraine) would largely benefit from such a reunion. Unfortunately, nowadays, the EU in its current state is heading towards the problems that the Habsburgs used to face back when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a thing. There is a lot that history can teach us and so, I hope that the politicians in Brussels and Strasbourg have learned their lessons and do more to improve the relationships between the member-states even further as we all benefit from a stronger and better functioning European Union!

Given how this decade has gone so far, its only a matter of time before WW3 starts.

I am Austrian and I would like that to happen, because together we would be much stronger in every aspect, but it would be very important to keep neutrality for the whole country and not to join Nato. Those countries which are already in the Nato, just joined it because they are so small.

I am Hungarian and I would like it to happen so flippin much. And I believe every sensible man would agree to let the Austrians govern this empire. Just look at the numbers, they already make about half of the total GDP. Let them handle things. I am just unsure if they would like to deal with the corruption that is going on here, but maybe they would be able to do some magic.

1. A part of Montenegro was part of AH empire (costal area) 2. Wtf is State of Slovens Serbs and Croats doing on Bosnia map at 1:39 This blue area was officialy called Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Btw great video 😉

Would be cool if the Holy Roman Empire video is made I wanna see how chaotic it will be

Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser! 🇦🇹🇭🇺

First, it is interesting that you are not the first person to make such video. Even though out of all of Hungary's neighbors, the ties with Austria is probably the strongest for Hungarians, the idea of the Dual Empire is out of the question presently. Probably for the same reason that caused the revolution in 1848. But, one thing has to be mentioned.. different forms of art and architecture flourished during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, that could not be matched any time later.. A few years ago the government has started a program to rebuild Buda Castle and its surrounding to its former glory as were in the days of the empire... If you think Budapest is a beautiful city, lot of credits are due to the influence which it had during the Austro-Hungarian empire.

Damn I get to these videos way to fast see you guys in a few days again

We need you and oversimplified to collaborate! Plus you deserve the extra attention I feel like you should have way more than 370K subscribers.

@4:27 south-east of Poland was part of Austro-Hungary. The circled part was occupied by Prussia and later the German Empire.

Good work! Great video.

Interesting fact: Austria still has mandatory militaryservice with optional social service, 1 out in 9 austrians served the military for 6-12 months, totalling 1mio.

Slovak coat of arms is based on the one of the hungarian empire (cross on 3 hills representing Tatra, Fatra and Matra). It was "slavic-ised" by changing hill colors to blue and they still represent the same hills, although Matra is in Hugary. So technically one does not have to include the slovak one, simply revert back.

Oh my...what a funny coincidence.....2 days ago I was searching videos about this theme a you upload this video 22h ago? Nice

Lol that Looney Tunes reference 👍

I swear I've seen this exact topic covered on KZfaq over a dozen times the last few years

The only thing that can knockout corruption in Bosnia

My school took one of your videos turned off the audio and did a voice over, kind of ironic the presentation was about creativity.

Name: Austria-Hungary Greatest nationality: Czech

The map that you choose at the beginning of the video is inaccurate because it shows istrian peninsula as italian when in fact it's part of Slovenia and Croatia only a small area around city of Trieste is Italian.

Britain: how many times do we have to teach you old man?

Grat, jó videó... Congratulations, this is a good video...

Austro-Hungarian Empire (867~918) *According to General Knowledge

I would like to see 1) poland-lithuania 2)kalamar union 3) Byzantine empire One of these

The reason Serbs, Croats, and Bosnians are shown as one on the map is they all speak dialects of the same language. Serb Croatian, so the Imperial government would not distinguish.

Love the vids dude, but I have a question I’ve been wondering for a while: I can’t place your accent. Where are you from?

Looking at the financial state of Italy, the most elegant solution would be BUYING Trieste.

2:40 France is actually bigger than Austria-Hungary thanks to it’s 90,000km2 of overseas departments and territories. Bringing it up to 643,000km2

the part of territorry of poland that is in question is around 5-7 mil city of cracow parts of upper silesia are densly populated

Can you do a "What if the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth reunited today?" please! thank you!

Do a video about Achaemenian empire, or Sasanian empire, I really wanna see something like that done by you.

Suggestions for next vids: 1) What if there wasn't Munich agreement in 1938 (West countries gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler in return to not invade them) 2) What if Russian Czar wasn't murdered

Too bad that Austria-Hungary never reformed to get everyone on the same level - and when it did, it was already too late. Nationalism had won. A cautionary tale for the EU! Hope Britain is the only country to leave, otherwise, we might have a video in 30 years "What if the EU reunited today?"

Good job

We want a general knowledge and oversimplified collaboration

Love the intro lol

You should do “what if the Middle East United to one country today”

Interesting that at 11:16 the UK is noted as "recently departed" making this is a recent film. I wonder if an alternative history film could be shown about what if "The EU breaks up"

You forgot a small city of china

0:42 Italian Istria. That does put a smile on my face.

Here is a proud Dutch Slovak watching!

As an Austrian I don't want that to Happen because I fear that we'd Fall Further behind Germany in Per Capita GDP and I want to feel at least as good as the worse Germans Up north

You get a like for using one of my favorite marches.

3:08 if they chose a singular capital, i would say it would be either budapest or bratislava, because of how central they are in the empire

Could you please share the source of that 7:20 map?

I am actually confused. at 1:34, you show a picture of the Austro-Hungarian empire but show Italy having Trieste, which has pre-WWII border. I find this okay until I look at Poland, who has Post WWII borders. I think you used an incorrect map on that slide.

Great video. Could You do one about Polish Lithuanian Commonweath reuniting today?

I think the government would be similar to what the US has with each state being self governing but overlooked by a federal government, with an imperial monarchy having the same power as the British monarchy. Just there for the lols. So the new emperor could be Karl Von Hapsburg (a descendant of the habsburgs). Idk, could be fun to see how this would play out, maybe for the benefits it'd be cool

That's not an empire, but I would like to see "What if Asia Minor disaster never happened"

I don't think it would be too hard to look up those regions. Regions have population census too

Where u from?

Great video uwu

The thought of the Austro-Hungarian capital being in Sarajevo is both ironic and cursed…

Thank you for this nice video, very detailed. After the ancient Roman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian is my favorite (we are not few in Italy in thinking so) for the culture, art, civilization and the social welfare it embodied. It would have been wonderful if Emperor Franz Joseph had unified Italy himself, within the Empire, obviously also granting us Italians (and other nationalities) the same rights as Austrians and Hungarians have, instead of rejecting every request coming from the Italians of the empire. I'd like to know what you think of the idea of ​​reuniting the Empire with all of Italy inside, this time all of it, not just the North, in a federal form and guaranteeing all nationalities the same rights and duties.I would also be curious to know the opinion of the Austrians, but I fear that they still consider us italians responsible for the end in 1918 (which is not entirely true).

O que achas de um vídeo sobre um mundo sem fronteiras ou unificado? Como se organizaria? Seriam respeitadas as identidades regionais? Que língua falaria? Moedas? Onde seria a capital da terra? Seria interessante analisar como as organizações mundiais (como a ONU, OMS, FMI) seriam as bases para este mundo unificado.

I used that map in a school presentation 4:50

Next can we get one on the Swedish empire and then Denmark-Norway.

Just a small correction but there never was an Austrian kingdom. It was the archduchy of austria which was essentially of the same rank and prestige as a prince electorate in the HRE but not an outright kingdom.

Nice video. Please, do the same for Deutsches Reich in 1914, if they got back all territory they had back then, today.

I hereby volunteer for the position of "emporer".

Byzantium next pls

What if Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth reunited today?

Well, Emperor Karl in his proclamation from 16th October 1918 said about the possibility of reunification of Polish areas with Poland, so i do not believe that Austria-Hungary would have the same borders.

A fascinating if highly unlikely concept. What I find most intriguing would be should it reform and take on the neutrality of Austria.

Don't do that. Don't give me hope

They mixed serbs, croats and boshniaks in one group back in 1910 because they were one nation, but 3 religions back then.

Interesting concept. Never going to happen, but interesting. I really liked your flag though! You put a lot of thought into it.

0:49 bro forgot Italy doesn't have Istria anymore

Can you do a video talking about the war of ultramar ( war between Portugal and its African colonies) ? Pls🇵🇹♥️

Make a video on Karkota Empire.

I'm all for it

... if it wasn’t for the vast diversity of nations who took the nation apart, the Empire could have been so nice.. Like, the borders of Austria-Hungary were soo perfectly placed in Europe

i think the flag would be the flag of the old austrian empire as the main flag but not to represent just austria, to represent the whole nation state, which would probably not be called austria hungary, but would be called something more like the central european federation, or the federation of the danube, or something else like that. also the subdivisions would likely be that of the 1914 crownlands, but with greater autonomy for the slovakians, transylavanians, and vojvodinians. and the bosnian serbs would also probably be autonomous on a higher level, similar to what they have already. also serbia is gonna be piiiiissed

Best things for lot of people on economy side.

objection on the map of 'importance granted to religion' in the case of Kosovo this data is not accurate. I myself as a katholic Kosovar can assure you that religion doesnt hold much importance in Kosovo, i would give it the same color as Albania. great video!

What if the Nordic countries united

Its a very interesting question youve approached here. It would also be interesting to see who befriends who when this EU bs collapses !

Austria was never a Kingdom. Just a Archdutchy. But the Archduke for cebturies was also Emperor of thr HRE and King of Bohemia, Hungary etc. After 1804 it beme the Austrian Empire and 1806 the HRE was dessolved. Inn1868 it was partitioned into the Empire of the Crownlands (Austria Bohemia Galicia etc.) and the Kingdom of Hungary.

"[...] for some reason they grouped up the Croats, Serbs and Bosnians. [...]" Might have something to do with the fact that those peoples are of one ethnicity whose main cultural difference is their religion (Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim respectively). Of course those religions had an impact on where the groups oriented themselves towards and thus were differently impacted by foreign influences. A lot of online vitriol between them is founded in how close they are in many areas.

Hope M. Laser History sees this he is from Slovakia