User blog comment:ChrisL123/New Crimean War timeline/@comment-32656-20120326220106

That is over-inflating the problems between the Russians and the French on a major scale.

With the two of them on board, and especially with the others joining in, the entire Balkans falls to them and the small number of semi-independent Balkan states easily. A-H would get far more than Bosnia. And, getting Bosnia that early means that have to hold down unrest for decades longer, too.

True, a lot of it would be "client states," but those still are more or less occupied by troops. And past that, you have the various little ethnic disputes, territorial disputes, etc. common in the region. All of this means that they will not like each other.