User blog comment:IndigoOnIceCream/What if France won the Franco-Prussian War?/@comment-4656717-20120511083945/@comment-32656-20120512073800

...You missed what I said entirely.

The South German states did feel threatened - that's exactly why Prussia managed to convince them.

It's a fact that they did not like either. And that they did regret their joining the empire after the victory fever wore off. Prussia, simply put, hadn't been trying to invade them for decades.

They would not join France. And, their alliance with Prussia was secret until they mobilized.

Should the French actually mange some intelligence at that time, they'd remain neutral.