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Well things went super well in that sense that there were always multiple centers of power, unable to defeat each other, especially after the Congress of Westphalia (most other regions always became united under some great power - China, Ottomans, ...). There were two safeguards of that balance, however, one being German states being split and not united (that way, they were unable to defeat France, but if France attacked them, they would unite together, and defend), and the second one was British Splendid Isolation policy. WWI was the consequence of Germany being united - first safeguard was gone and Britain felt threatened by growing German navy and ended Splendid isolation by allying with France. Also, after WWI after Austria-Hungary was gone, the system was even more rigid than before, due to a one less power center, but WWII was inevitable due to the way Allies concluded WWI, which led to the rise of Hitler.
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Well things went super well in that sense that there were always multiple centers of power, unable to defeat each other, especially after the Congress of Westphalia (most other regions always became united under some great power - China, Ottomans, ...). There were two safeguards of that balance, however, one being German states being split and not united (that way, they were unable to defeat France, but if France attacked them, they would unite together, and defend), and the second one was British Splendid Isolation policy. WWI was the consequence of Germany being united - first safeguard was gone and Britain felt threatened by growing German navy and ended Splendid isolation by allying with France. Also, after WWI after Austria-Hungary was gone, the system was even more rigid than before, due to a one less power center, but WWII was inevitable due to the way Allies concluded WWI, which led to the rise of Hitler.
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B1663546 6 on Real Europe V4 (Multiplayer)