The Southern coalition, led by the Bavarian king, unites Germany as a Federal Empire, under its own conditions. Two main principles, dictated by the South`s interests, shape this new Reich: the dissolution of Prussia into many small, fractured and insignificant member states, and the strengthening of Catholic control over the Empire. But who wins and leads a highly divided German Reich into the future? Salvador79 (talk) 14:18, February 5, 2014 (UTC)