Rhineland War (Qu'il Tous)

Background
The background of the war goes back to the First European War where Prussia and Austria were thouroughly humiliated, and the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine brought into play a new and powerful enemy for both of them. As Prussia and Austria built up a new military in the decades that followed the First European War, the Confederation of the Rhine became more and more centralized in the terms of military. The Confederated Rhineland Army had been established in 1838 to create a single army for Confederation, and had been supported and built by the French Empire. The clear military build-ups in Germany began to increase political tensions between the neighboring powers.

But another big boost came for the Confederation of the Rhine in population and in land when the French Emperor, Napoleon III, signed the Declaration of 1849, where the French land outside mainland France was distributed among France's client states. Their lands in Italy were given to the Kingom of Italy, which moved its capital to Rome, the Kingdom of Holland was created out of the French controlled Netherlands, and the Confederation gained the Rhineland. The entire area was administred as the Rhineland Territory by the Confederation, but was subject to the Confederation's process of conscription. The growth and power soon began proving to be too much for the other German nations to handle.

Meanwhile, in the Austrian Empire, racial tensions grew between the ethnically-German Austrians and the Hungarians, who wanted independence from the Habsburg's rule. The Emperor, Francis Joseph I, was extremely oppresive of the Hungarians, who knew if Austria were to go to war with the Confederation, it would be their time to strike.

In 1861, Wilhelm I was made King of Prussia, and he made a promise of revenge against the Confederation, ultimately culminating in the declaration of war by Prussia on the Confederation on June 14. Just 3 days later, Francis Joseph also declared Austria would go to war with the Confederation of the Rhine.