Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the end of August arrived. As Franz's coronation ceremony drew near, Vienna too grew lively.
Laughter and cheerful voices diluted the shadows cast by the March uprising.
The government's wartime economic system had played a major role in restoring the economy, and Austria had already shaken off the effects of the economic crisis.
A large number of state-owned enterprises sprang up. With the implementation of the Labor Protection Act, the working class finally caught its breath, and everyone's lives improved considerably.
Thanks to the newspapers' long-standing positive coverage, Franz enjoyed a fine reputation among the people. The public held great expectations for their young monarch.
The Habsburg Family's clout was still formidable. Major noble houses across Europe sent heavyweight representatives to attend the ceremony, and for a time, Vienna was packed with the powerful and privileged.
Franz finally understood what it meant to be the "Habsburg Family below the belt." They truly had relatives all across the European Continent, and their tangled relationships were impossible to sort out.
Fortunately, Europe did not place much importance on seniority. Otherwise, Franz would have been dumbfounded, because depending on the angle one took, the family relationship changed as well. One person might simultaneously be your second grand-uncle, third uncle-grandfather, little nephew, and cousin...
That was only because the situation on the European Continent remained unstable, forcing many nobles to stay in their own countries to hold the fort. Otherwise, Vienna would have been even livelier.
The capitalists had to be grateful to Franz. His coronation ceremony had directly raised Vienna's commercial prosperity by an entire level.
The guests attending the ceremony were all important figures. When traveling abroad, how could they not bring along a few attendants? Vienna had suddenly gained tens of