Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-49.249.198.200-20140306144947/@comment-32656-20140311071127

Incorrect. It wasn't until the 1880s where the minorities, barring the Hungarians, became a problem - and the Hungarians were only one after the empire got its butt kicked in this war otl. That also ignores that Prussia had it own minorities to deal with.

Actually, it was the state of the A-H railroad network that was the primary cause of that one.