Austria

Austria is a small nation in Central Europe. It borders Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Italy.

Pre HRE -10,000 BC to 962 AD
Austria showed no civilization for a long time. However, the Romans eventually conquered most of it. It remained like this until 476, when the Ostrogoths conquered it. However, the Byzantines were able to conquer it the next century. Austria than fell under tribal rule until the Frankish Kingdom conquered the region. When the Franks split into 3, Austria was part of Central Francia. They stayed that way until Saxony formed the Holy Roman Empire in 962.

Middle HRE 962 to 1500
The Austrians were a small duchy in the Holy Roman Empire, as several emperors, from Saxony and Bavaria and such, expanded the frontiers east and west. Austria than began conquering smaller states around it. Then, a Austrian noble became the emperor of the HRE. By this time, Austria had conquered Belgium, Tyrol, and Styria. However Austria lost Belgium to the Spanish and the late 1400s.

Late HRE 1500 to 1815
The Ottoman Turks repeatedly invaded the Austrians, but they held Vienna and fought back, winning parts of western Hungary. The Austrians also conquered Bohemia. In the 1600s they fought against Prussia for control of Silesia. The Austrians lost the region. However, Hungary was taken by the Austrians. In the early 1800s, Austria lost several wars to France and had to disband the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Austria gained Venetia and Lombardy.

Austrian Empire 1815 to 1918
The Austrians faced a challenge in Lombardia. There Piedmont and France invaded in 1859 to unify Italy. The war resulted in Lombardia being ceded to Piedmont. In 1866, Prussia and Italy attacked Austria. Austria lost Venetia to Italy. In 1914, Austria attacked Serbia. Germany, France, Russia, and Britain got involved. Germany fought France, Britain, and Russia, while Austria fought Serbia, Russia, Greece, and Romania. At the treaty of Versailles, the Austrian Empire was destroyed. Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Poland became independent.

Modern Era 1919 to today
In WWII, Germany annexed Austria. It was freed in 1945. Since then, Austria has remained neutral in world affairs.

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Austria will most likely be absorbed into Germany or stay the way it is.