Defeated countries were easy to deal with. After all, in this age where might made right, if they refused to submit, another war would settle it.
Without Britain taking the lead, even if Japan and the Union wanted to make trouble, they could not stir up much of a fuss.
What truly required the Vienna Government's attention was its former good ally—the Russian Empire.
Times had changed. With victory in the World War, the dragon slayer had taken the dragon's place.
Once identities changed, positions naturally changed with them. Former allies had now become competitors.
Whether they should strike from the shadows and take the opportunity to kill off the Russian Empire was a question worth studying.
The Russian Civil War had already reached its climax. Backed at all costs by the European nations, the rebels grew stronger by the day and had swept across more than half of the Russian Empire.
This time, the Tsarist Government could not truly be blamed. Though its incompetence had created the conditions for the rebels to grow, the root cause was that its enemies had no sense of fair play.
The Russian Revolutionary Party had yet to gain real momentum. Although it had launched uprisings in major cities such as Saint Petersburg and Moscow, its lack of popular support meant the Tsarist Government quickly stamped them out.
Now, the burden of opposing Russia was borne by independence organizations in various regions. They had popular support, but their intense nationalism and regional character meant that most of their influence was concentrated in a single area.
The most representative were the Polish Independence Organization, Bulgarian Independence Organization, Finnish Independence Organization, and the Afghan Guerrillas.
These organizations all shared one characteristic: their influence was limited to one locality, and they could not ignite an anti-Russian tide