What unites these nations? Germany....being the aggressor.
There is a fourth spot.
In real life Germany was generally the plucky little underdog, at risk of being subjugated by these vast empires... The finest achievement of Germany was to fight at all.
Still, all these nations have their good points...
In real life Germany was generally the plucky little underdog, at risk of being subjugated by these vast empires... The finest achievement of Germany was to fight at all.
Still, all these nations have their good points...
Prussia, the German Confederation, and the North German Confederation were pucky underdogs. But the German Empire was the most populous nation in Europe when it was created, and surpassed Britain as the most industrialized nation in Europe by the beginning of the 20th century.
Prussia and the various German Confederations were valiant underdogs. Imperial Germany is just another bully at the table of the great powers.