Confederation of the Rhine (Blood and Iron)

The Confederation of the Rhine was a confederation of Austrian-allied German states following the Austro-Prussian War. The German Confederation was dissolved and reorganized by Austria, who created an independent confederation along the Rhine River as part of a secret agreement with France. This Confederation did not include Prussia, who's power began to decline. Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden would be appointed leader of the confederation by Austria.

The Confederation would be rocked by the German Revolution of 1889 as many of the northern states seceded from the Confederation to join the new Republic of Germany. The revolutionary continued as Republic armies would invade the Confederation to unite all of Germany.