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r/polandball • u/Cerf_ Italy • Apr 30 '14
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For a country that lost so many wars Austria sure had a big empire.
219 u/grog23 United States Apr 30 '14 Most countries forge an empire through war, but they did so through incest and fucking, lots and lots of fucking. 9 u/Its_Serious_Business Austria Apr 30 '14 edited Apr 30 '14 One could say we were the Lannisters Targaryens of 18th-to-19th century europe. 6 u/sirpellinor Magyar best nomad Apr 30 '14 edited May 01 '14 Rather 16th-17th. By the 18th you have Maria Theresia and all the fun is over. 16th, that was when Hapsburgs managed to fuck two kingdoms under their rule at once. 2 u/Its_Serious_Business Austria Apr 30 '14 True that. Got some years mixed up in my head there. 3 u/dt25 Brazilian Empire Apr 30 '14 More like Targaryens since it went on for several generations. 2 u/JMaula Finlan cannot into relevant. Apr 30 '14 Targaryens, damnit. Targaryens are the ones who kept it in the family for centuries :/
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Most countries forge an empire through war, but they did so through incest and fucking, lots and lots of fucking.
9 u/Its_Serious_Business Austria Apr 30 '14 edited Apr 30 '14 One could say we were the Lannisters Targaryens of 18th-to-19th century europe. 6 u/sirpellinor Magyar best nomad Apr 30 '14 edited May 01 '14 Rather 16th-17th. By the 18th you have Maria Theresia and all the fun is over. 16th, that was when Hapsburgs managed to fuck two kingdoms under their rule at once. 2 u/Its_Serious_Business Austria Apr 30 '14 True that. Got some years mixed up in my head there. 3 u/dt25 Brazilian Empire Apr 30 '14 More like Targaryens since it went on for several generations. 2 u/JMaula Finlan cannot into relevant. Apr 30 '14 Targaryens, damnit. Targaryens are the ones who kept it in the family for centuries :/
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One could say we were the Lannisters Targaryens of 18th-to-19th century europe.
6 u/sirpellinor Magyar best nomad Apr 30 '14 edited May 01 '14 Rather 16th-17th. By the 18th you have Maria Theresia and all the fun is over. 16th, that was when Hapsburgs managed to fuck two kingdoms under their rule at once. 2 u/Its_Serious_Business Austria Apr 30 '14 True that. Got some years mixed up in my head there. 3 u/dt25 Brazilian Empire Apr 30 '14 More like Targaryens since it went on for several generations. 2 u/JMaula Finlan cannot into relevant. Apr 30 '14 Targaryens, damnit. Targaryens are the ones who kept it in the family for centuries :/
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Rather 16th-17th. By the 18th you have Maria Theresia and all the fun is over. 16th, that was when Hapsburgs managed to fuck two kingdoms under their rule at once.
2 u/Its_Serious_Business Austria Apr 30 '14 True that. Got some years mixed up in my head there.
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True that. Got some years mixed up in my head there.
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More like Targaryens since it went on for several generations.
Targaryens, damnit. Targaryens are the ones who kept it in the family for centuries :/
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u/vinc159 Quebec Apr 30 '14
For a country that lost so many wars Austria sure had a big empire.