Vienna, having suppressed the revolution in Hungary,…

Vienna, having suppressed the revolution in Hungary, can now proceed to woo Germany's secondary governments, which have in most cases submitted to Prussia only out of weakness and fear.

Basically they remain opposed to sacrificing their sovereignty in order to exalt the Hohenzollern dynasty.

When Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg suggests the re-establishment of the old federal Diet, he wins the support of many rulers who had agreed to follow Berlin against their will.

The German nation is now divided into two camps, the Prussian Union on one side and the revived German Confederation on the other.