Transylvania had two and a half administrative systems:
One belonged to the Austrian Empire, while another belonged to the Hungarians.
Besides these, the Principality of Transylvania itself had an administrative system, but in practice it existed only in theory.
The Austrian and Hungarian administrative systems operated in parallel in Transylvania, so there were countless cases of one side insisting that its own version was right and the other side insisting on theirs.
Transylvanians, Wallachians, and Moldavians were, in fact, three distinct ethnic groups. The idea of Romanians was actually artificially imposed at a later date—it was a case of a nation coming before its people.
As for the Germans in Transylvania, the Saxons made up only a small portion of them. They also had strong separatist leanings, but in 1848 they were overwhelmed and persecuted by other ethnic groups, so they never made much of an impression.
Apart from the Saxons, Transylvania was also a traditional place of exile for the Austrian Empire, used specifically to banish Protestants and heretics.
At this point, it was already a blessing that these people hadn't joined the Hungarians in rebelling. It wasn't realistic to expect them to help.
The local churches were also extremely complicated. Besides the traditional Catholic Church, there were also the Eastern Catholic Churches and Protestantism, and the Protestants themselves did not all belong to the same denomination.
Of course, besides the Catholic Church and Protestantism, there were also the Orthodox Church and Judaism. And given the region's proximity to the Ottoman Empire, Arab Sects were inevitable as well.
Transylvania's terrain was also extremely complex. The Carpathian Mountains encircled its outskirts, while its central region was a mixture of plateaus and hills.
Mountains and rivers divided the land into countless geographic units. Combined with poor transportation and communications, even the