[dfwgator]

How about restoring the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

[Cronos]

In my opinion that became a failure when they allowed "one vote can veto" and "one veto can scrap parliament"

Secondly, the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth made the mistake of not putting the Ruthenians (ancestors of Belarussians and Ukrainians) as equal partners. If they HAD done that in the 1500s, then the Cossacks would not have been enticed by Muscovy

Finally, the Swedish Vasa kings of the commonwealth made a big mistake in allowing the Hohenzollerns to consolidate their hold over Prussia -- if they had not allowed this, but absorbed Prussia, then the Hohenzollerns would never have been able to create the German Empire and force Prussian values on the other Germanic peoples.

[Cronos]

Oh and also the Poles due to their higher culture did cause antagonizm among the Lithuanians and Ruthenians, which was the problem of the Commonwealth

I also like to think of what would have happened if after 1848, instead of listening to Magyar assertions, the Austrian Empire became not the Austro-Hungarian Empire but the "United States of Central Europe" -- an idea of ArchDuke Ferdinand....