War of Nations (Das Große Vaterland)

Background
Tensions had been on the rise since the end of the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, between four nations across Europe: Prussia, France, Italy, and Austria. After the Rome Agreement of 1867, the Austrians, Italians, and French created an alliance against the Prussians and their North German Confederation. The three began to talk about the strategy of a theoretical war on Prussia, its aftermath, and the bottom line of who gets what after Prussia is defeated. But as the alliance appeared to get stronger, the Prussians began to work immeadiately to break the anti-Prussian nations up.

Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, after secret talks with the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II, coerced the Italian King into secretly allying with Prussia, in exchange for gains in Illyria after the end of a war with Austria. While France and Austria continued to strategize, the Italians acted as a double agent, and helped wherever to secretly cripple the Franco-Austrian War machine.