Chapter 132: The Most Incorruptible Department

Vienna Palace had been tense until the news of the outbreak of the war between England and Russia reached them, which considerably relaxed Franz.

After many years as Emperor, always being extremely cautious, his aim was to avoid the kind of potential sieges that had occurred in the original timeline.

The national policy of Austria was also established around this center. It began by inciting division in the United States on the other side of the ocean, followed by extinguishing the budding state of Italy.

Then, they effectively dismantled the once mighty Prussia, concurrently weakening the Russian Empire, until the outbreak of the war between England and Russia, which finally freed Austria from the threat of encirclement.

Although the policy of the British Government was "there are only eternal interests, no eternal enemies", it did not mean that nations that were at each other's throats could immediately become allies.