1862 PARTITION OF POLAND/1862 TEILUNG POLENS/1862 РАЗДЕЛ ПОЛЬШИ/ROZBIÓR POLSKI 1862
The most affected nation by the Franco-Prussian War turned out not to be anyone who participated. As the French Republic collapsed into a civil war, Poland found itself isolated aside from Austria, who was slipping off Great Power status at the moment. So when Germany and Russia signed an agreement to split Poland, Austria saw the writing on the wall and abandoned their alliance with Poland, and actually signed the Partition Agreement as well. Poland-Lithuania called out for help, but no one wanted to fight both Russia and Germany over a buffer state. The Commonwealth's only allies had either collapsed or betrayed them, and the surrendered to the agreements with some autonomy concessions (which would be eventually disregarded). The German Part would be converted into a series of Vassal Kingdoms loyal to Germany, Russia would annex them outright, and Austria-Hungary would give its part to the Austrian Crown with high autonomy.
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ANATOLIAN WAR/ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΟΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ/جنگ آناتولی/ANADOLU MÜHARİBƏSİ/ANADOLU SAVAŞI/ԱՆԱՏՈԼԻԱԿԱՆ ՊԱՏԵՐԱԶՄ/ŞERÊ ANATOLIYÊ/جەنگی ئەنادۆڵ/ანატოლიის ომი/АНАДОЛСКА ВОЙНА/
1860-1863
At the same time as the Partition of Poland, another 'Partition' was going on in the Near East. The United Republics of Anatolia, now the United Republics of the Middle East, had recently gotten over its troubles, and it wanted to reconquer all of Anatolia and the Middle East. So it started pushing for Neo-Byzantine Anatolia, something Neo-Byzantine would absolutely not accept. Since the pushes started happening, the States of the Balkans and Middle East were starting to align themselves with either or. Georgia and Bulgaria allied to the UR, and Azerbaijan and Assyria allied to Neo-Byzantium. And it finally ignited when UR crossed into Ionia. They fully expected Neo-Byzantium and her allies to simply give up to avoid conflict. However, the Allies had a trick up their sleeve- Persia. See, the Kurdish Territories in Persia had rebelled a while back, and they were annexed into the Republic of Kurdistan, part of the UR. Whilst Persia did not fight back, they were now ready to retake their lost lands (even if it meant fighting with the breakaway Azeris). And after the Battle of Constantinople, where both UR and Bulgaria were forced to flee, the collapse of the UR was imminent. While Bulgaria and Georgia gave minor concessions, the UR was almost carved up, with all parties taking large chunks of land, including the rebounding Ottoman Empire. what was left in the Anatolian Interior did not last long, and the United Republics collapsed, with Ethnic Separatists and squabbling Greek and Turkish warlords. Unlike the rest of the Ottoman Empire, the Anatolian Interior would remain a geopolitical wasteland for quite some time...
While it is likely Russia would've gotten involved, they were too busy with the American Civil War.
The General Landscape of the Collapse looked like this:
BCHK/URGC - The Remaining Government forces, who want to seize back control from the factions and the Warlords.
Ottoman Empire - Former Ruling Authority wishing to capitalize on the Anatolian Collapse.
MET/Front for the Expulsion of Turks - A Greek Ultra-Orthodox Force who want to Re-Hellenize Anatolia with any possible methods. Also have a party in the Neo-Byzantine Parliament but with no seats.
YRSKK - Monarchist Forces who want to restore the Old Sultanate of Rum
TRK - A Kurdish Separatist Force who has control over some Assyrian Territories
TKO - A Turkish Separatist Force who want to regain control over the Turkish Speaking World
HMS - Armenian Separatist Marxist Supporters who want Armenia to be the first Marxist Republic
HDC - Armenian Democratic Separatists who want Armenia to be a Democracy
HMU - Armenian Separatist Force who want to place the old Armenian Monarchy back in power.
ADP - Pontic Separatist Force who wants Pontus to gain Independence.
