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The Austrian Empire; Work in progress...
Topic Started: Jun 17 2009, 01:52 AM (435 Views)
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The Austrian Empire
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The Austrian Empire

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His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Emperor Francis I, by the grace of God Emperor of Austria; King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia and Lodomeria; Archduke of Austria; Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Würzburg, Franconia, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola; Grand Duke of Cracow; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Margrave of Moravia; Duke of Sandomir, Masovia, Lublin, Upper and Lower Silesia, Auschwitz and Zator, Teschen and Friule; Prince of Berchtesgaden and Mergentheim; Princely Count of Habsburg, Gorizia and Gradisca and of the Tirol; and Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria, President of the German Confederation.

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Prince Klemens Wenzel Vion Metternich, Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire. Portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence,

Government
Head of State: Emperor Francis I
Head of Government: Prince Klemens Wenzel Von Metternich, Chancellor of the Austrian Empire
Heir to the Throne: Crown Prince Ferdinand
Royal House: Habsburg-Lorraine
Government: Autocratic Monarchy
Capital: Vienna
State Religion: Catholic

Demographics
Population: 28,500,000
Ethnic Groups: German 23%, Hungarian 18%, Italian 14%, Czech 12%, Polish 8%, Ukrainian 6%, Romanian 5%, Croat 4%, Slovak 3%, Serb 3%, Slovene 2%, Jew 2%

Economy
Currency: Gulden
Gross Annual Revenue: £5,500,000
Military Spending: £3,782,500
Net Annual Revenue: £1,717,500
National Debt: £130,000,000
Credit Rating: 2.5
Annual IPP: 24 IPP

Recent History
In the reign of Francis II (Holy Roman Emperor, later Francis I of the Austrian Empire), Austria was drawn into war with France. Meeting in Potsdam in 1791, Leopold II and the king of Prussia jointly declared that the revolutionary situation in France was a common concern of all sovereigns. Although the declaration did not become the framework for European military intervention in France as its authors had hoped, it set Austria and the French Revolution on an ideological collision course. In April 1792, revolutionary France declared war on Austria.
The first war lasted for 5 years until Austria, abandoned by its allies, was forced to make peace on unfavourable terms. Austria renewed the war against France in 1799 and again in 1805 but was swiftly defeated both times.

At Campo Formio the Austrians were given the Italian lands of the Venetian Republic, which passed into extinction, and the French consented to their annexation of the archbishopric of Salzburg. These gains were bought at a heavy price, for in return the Austrians had to link themselves with the brutal way the French were re-ordering ancient borders and institutions. The Austrians sacrificed their historic constitutional and moral authority in Germany by consigning the settlement of the borders to a congress at Rastatt.

The treaties of Campio Formio (1797) and Lunéville (1801) preluded the dissolution (1806) of the Holy Roman Empire, and in 1804, Francis II took the title Francis I, Emperor of Austria.
In 1805, Great Britain, Austria, Sweden, and Russia formed the Third Coalition to overthrow the French.

The Austrians began the war by invading Bavaria with an army of about 70,000 under Karl Mack von Leiberich, and the French army marched out from Boulogne in late July, 1805 to confront them. At Ulm (25 September–20 October) Napoleon surrounded Mack's army, forcing its surrender without significant losses. With the main Austrian army north of the Alps defeated (another army under Archduke Charles manoeuvred inconclusively against André Masséna's French army in Italy), Napoleon occupied Vienna forcing Austria to sign the humiliating Treaty of Pressburg (26 December 1805), removing it from the coalition and signalling the death knell of the Holy Roman Empire.

Absent from the fourth Coalition against France, Austria joined the fifth coalition only to be defeated again and to face the even more severe Treaty of Schönbrunn, (signed on 14 October 1809). This treaty paved the way for the marriage of Napoleon to the daughter of Emperor Francis I, Marie Louise. Napoleon made the mistake of assuming that the marriage would ensure the friendship of the Habsburgs. In the aftermath of Napoleons disastrous Russian campaign was formed the Sixth Coalition, once again Austria was at the fore-front of the fight against France, but this time her allies did not let her down.

The Allies entered Paris on March 30th 1814, Napoleon though desperate to fight on was forced to abdicate on 6th April 1814. The victors exiled Napoleon to the island of Elba, and restored the Bourbon monarchy in the person of Louis XVIII. The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed and the Congress of Vienna was held to redraw the map of Europe. Austria again found herself restored as a leading power of Europe.

Policies
The Empire of Austria is highly conservative and reactionary, attitudes that have been strengthened in nearly twenty years of war and further strengthend by the appointment of Metternich as chancellor. His stated and implied policies appear to be to maintain the European balance of power, to retain the hegemony of the Austrian-German population within the Empire, to crush all internal (and external) revolutionary dissent, and to begin to tackle the horrific debt that the state has incurred through years of warfare.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Treaties
The Holy Alliance: Austria, Russia, Prussia

The Great Powers
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:
Russian Empire:
Kingdom of Prussia:
Kingdom of France:
Kingdom of Spain:
Ottoman Empire:
Kingdom of Portugal:

Other Powers
Kingdom of Sweden-Norway:
United Kingdom of the Netherlands:
Kingdom of Denmark:
Principality of Moldova:
Principality of Wallachia:
Kingdom of Bavaria:
Kingdom of Saxony:
Kingdom of Wurttemburg:
Electorate of Hesse:
Grand Duchy of Baden:
Grand Duchy of Hesse:
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin:
Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau:
Kingdom of Sardinia:
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Excellent
States of the Church:
Grand Duchy of Tuscany:
Duchy of Parma:
Duchy of Modena:

Non-European Nations
United States of America:
Kingdom of Brazil:
Republic of Paraguay:
Mehemite Egypt:
Shahdom of Persia:

Rebels
Serbian Rebels:
Mexican Rebels: Not recognised/Hostile
La Plata Rebels: Not recognised/Hostile
Bolivarian Rebels: Not recognised/Hostile
Chilean Rebels: Not recognised/Hostile
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His Royal Highness Prince Klemens Wenzel Von Metternich, Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire on behalf of his Imperial and Royal Majesty Francis I, by the grace of God Emperor of Austria; King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia and Lodomeria; Archduke of Austria; Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Würzburg, Franconia, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola; Grand Duke of Cracow; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Margrave of Moravia; Duke of Sandomir, Masovia, Lublin, Upper and Lower Silesia, Auschwitz and Zator, Teschen and Friule; Prince of Berchtesgaden and Mergentheim; Princely Count of Habsburg, Gorizia and Gradisca and of the Tirol; and Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria, President of the German Confederation.
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The Austrian Empire
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The Imperial & Royal Austrian Army

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Prince Karl Phillip Von Schwarzenberg, Field Marshall of the Imerial and Royal Austrian Army.

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Count Joseph Radetzky Von Radetz, Chief-of-Staff of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army.

The Imperial and Royal Army

Overview
The Austrian Infantry
44 German Line Infantry Regiments (176,000 men).
11 Hungarian Line Infantry Regiments (44,000 men)
5 Grenadier Regiments (20,000 men)
3 Jager Regiments (12,000 men)
4 Grenzer (border) Infantry Regiments (16,000 men)
2 Garrison Infantry Regiments (8,000 men)
1 Staff Infantry Regiment (4,000)
10 Landwehr (militia) Infantry Regiments (40,000 men)
Regular Infantry Strength: 284,000
Reserve Infantry Strength: 40,000
Total Infantry Strength: 324,000
Infantry Upkeep: £2,860,000

The Austrian Cavalry
8 Cuirassier Regiments (8,000 men)
6 Dragoon Regiments (6,000 men)
3 Uhlan Regiments (3,000 men)
6 Chevaulegere Regiments (6,000 men)
12 hussar regiments (12,000 men)
1 Staff Dragoon Regiment (1000 men)
Cavalry Strength: 36,000
Cavalry Upkeep: £360,000

4 Artillery regiments,
4 Artillery Regiments, (consisting of 2,811 men 280 Guns).
Artillery Strength: 11,244
Artillery Artillery: £110,000

Total Manpower: 382,488
Total Upkeep: £3,624,880

Order of Battle (not yet finished)

The Army of Paris

The Army of Austria

The Army of Venetia

The Army of Hungary

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His Royal Highness Prince Klemens Wenzel Von Metternich, Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire on behalf of his Imperial and Royal Majesty Francis I, by the grace of God Emperor of Austria; King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia and Lodomeria; Archduke of Austria; Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Würzburg, Franconia, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola; Grand Duke of Cracow; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Margrave of Moravia; Duke of Sandomir, Masovia, Lublin, Upper and Lower Silesia, Auschwitz and Zator, Teschen and Friule; Prince of Berchtesgaden and Mergentheim; Princely Count of Habsburg, Gorizia and Gradisca and of the Tirol; and Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria, President of the German Confederation.
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The Imperial & Royal Austrian Navy

Commander of the Navy: Major-General August von Conninck

Fourth Rate Ships of the Line
Bellona (50 Guns) - 1798, upkeep £5,000
Medea (48 Guns) - 1798 upkeep, £5,000
Guerriera (48 Guns) - 1798 upkeep, £5,000

Fifth Rate Frigates
Bellona (42 Guns) - 1798 upkeep £3,750
Venere (46 Guns) - 1798 upkeep £3,750

Total Guns of the Austrian Imperial Navy: 234
Total Upkeep of the Austrian Imperial Navy: £22,500 per annum
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His Royal Highness Prince Klemens Wenzel Von Metternich, Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire on behalf of his Imperial and Royal Majesty Francis I, by the grace of God Emperor of Austria; King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia and Lodomeria; Archduke of Austria; Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Würzburg, Franconia, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola; Grand Duke of Cracow; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Margrave of Moravia; Duke of Sandomir, Masovia, Lublin, Upper and Lower Silesia, Auschwitz and Zator, Teschen and Friule; Prince of Berchtesgaden and Mergentheim; Princely Count of Habsburg, Gorizia and Gradisca and of the Tirol; and Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria, President of the German Confederation.
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