The current fluff is long, but it was remade by the russians in the late 18th century. It's based on the Greek Plan from Catherine.
It's basically a backward rump state, with constant problems with the turkish minorities and currently participates in a three-way standoff for the Middle East against a modernized Egypt and Persia.
They won the 7 years war and dissolved Prussia.
Since they didn't had any clear opposition within the HRE, they reformed the Empire into a more centralized state.
This alternate timeline has it's own "french revolution" style era, but it was caused by protestant north germans, standing up against the Habsburgs. In the end, the HRE became more like a german ethnostate with a restored electoral system, while the deposed Habsburgs kept their non-german kingdoms.
How are the byzantines alive?
The current fluff is long, but it was remade by the russians in the late 18th century. It's based on the Greek Plan from Catherine.
It's basically a backward rump state, with constant problems with the turkish minorities and currently participates in a three-way standoff for the Middle East against a modernized Egypt and Persia.
How are the habsburg alive?
They won the 7 years war and dissolved Prussia.
Since they didn't had any clear opposition within the HRE, they reformed the Empire into a more centralized state.
This alternate timeline has it's own "french revolution" style era, but it was caused by protestant north germans, standing up against the Habsburgs. In the end, the HRE became more like a german ethnostate with a restored electoral system, while the deposed Habsburgs kept their non-german kingdoms.