The establishment of the Great Austrian United Government had not ended the turmoil in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Instead, it had further aggravated the Empire's crisis. Internally, capitalist parties such as the Austrian Nationalist Party refused to recognize its legitimacy.
Labor Party forces such as the Czech Labor Party and Hungarian Labor Party were also divided in their attitudes toward the Great Austrian United Government. Some were unwilling to continue living in partnership with the Austrian Labor Party.
Externally, Austria's break from Habsburg control had left neighboring countries restless. The greatest obstacle to their recovery of lost lands had now been removed.
Overall, however, most Labor Party members within the Austro-Hungarian Empire still supported the United Government. Though the various Labor Party organizations under the Empire carried their own national characteristics, the Labor Party was not a nationalist party; indeed, the two stood in some opposition to each other.
Therefore, opposition to the United Government's federation-style system, similar to that of the Soviet Union, was ultimately limited. Yet fully integrating this force would not be easy either.
Bohemia, Prague.
The Czech Labor Party displayed a conflicted attitude toward the United Government. However, constrained by the Czech Republic's current complicated situation, it ultimately chose to cooperate with the Austrian Labor Party.
Its leader, Gottwald, said, "To the north of the Czech Republic stands powerful Germany. Therefore, even if the Czech Republic becomes independent in the future, it will face immense difficulties. Joining the United Government is the best outcome under the current circumstances."
"Moreover, Bohemia is also a multiethnic region, a land where Czechs, Germans, Slovaks, Hungarians, and others live together. We should cast aside national prejudices; otherwise, we would be no different from Germany's extremist nationalist parties."
Like the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bohemia's ethnic composition was highly complicated. Czechs were the largest