Prior to World War One, Czechoslovakia was not a country. The area of land that became Czechoslovakia was the empire of Austria-Hungary prior to 1918. Austria-Hungary was located in central Europe and was the second largest country in Europe, second only to Russia. It is also the third most populous country in Europe preceded by Russia and Germany. In 1900, the population of Austria-Hungary was 45.2 million and in 1914, right before World War One, the population was 52.5 million.
This empire was composed of Austria, Hungary and other small countries that came together to form one of the largest European empires. It was ruled by the Austrian government, the Hungarian government and common foreign and military policy under the monarch. The monarch’s common government had responsibility for the army, the navy, foreign policy and the customs union. Overlapping responsibilities between Austria, Hungary and the monarch caused friction in the nation.
The capital of the......

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