A Meeting, undisclosed to the wider world was held in Graz, a one to further strengthen the State. The Grazer Vertrag, also known as the Graz Treaty, was a signed act between the State of Austria-Hungary and Bavaria. _______________|⧑ The Treaty ⧒|_______________ The Graz Treaty was an official treaty of friendship between the mentioned 2 states. Attended by Andrej Schneiderman, the official Minister of Foreign of Bavaria, Konstantin Freundlich, his Austro-Hungarian counterpart, and Horváth Ferenc(The Minister of Commerce of Industry). It is basically a treaty of integration into AH. While that is a harsh oversimplification, it’s the end goal. Not only are Bavaria and Austria extremely culturally similar, both states also seek to maintain their power and industrial base. This Treaty is the presteps into adding Bavaria into the union as a free state similarly to Slovakia is. The Treaty is somewhat opposed by the Hungarian elite who aren’t happy with the fact that this would cause the nation to jump from 27.857 Million People to around 37.391 Million People. On paper this doesn’t seem too bad, however, it also greatly hardens the divide between the German and Hungarian portions with a now resounding German majority rather than the relative equality of the German and Hungarian population as of now. For this, the Hungarian representatives will be compensated in the future. Circling back around to the actual treaty. In the first section, the economy is the main focus. The Nations both agreed to open their borders with one another, the reasoning is simply, to boast cross-national investment. AH also began a construction initiative alongside this, the Bavarians have been working on a so-called “2nd Autobahn” for itself. So, why not merge it and the Austrian Autobahns into one unified highway system across the sovereign nations. Along with the construction of these roads to unite, who could forget armed cooperation. The Austro-Hungarian-Bavarian Joint Training exercise is a full Army training between all of their joint Ground, Arial, and Navel units. In these times as well, correspondents and ambassadors disembarks towards the capitals of the nations respectively. These ambassadors maintain the peace between them as well as making sure the transition for the Graz Treaty is abided by.
