What Now?

World War One officially ended with the Paris Peace Settlement and the Treaty of Versailles. The purpose of these treaties, as decided by the leaders and representatives of Britan, Italy, France and the United States, were to enforce peace and make the loosing countires pay for the damage inflicted upon the allied countries. The treaty with Germany was especially restricting, holding them responsible for the start of the war and forcing them to greatly reduce their military. One last effect of the Treaty of Versailles was to redistribute much of the land in Europe, diminishing Germany's territory and creating new nation-states from where Austria-Hungary and parts of Russia once stood.

Although the intentions of the allied forces were not to cause problems, dividing up countries and creating new ones almost never works as smoothly as expected. Newly defeated and dissected countries are not happy ones, and many of the citizens might become dissatisfied. The governments themselves will also be very weak and more likely to be manipulated by the bigger, stronger countries of Europe. With weak militaries and nationalism these countries are suseptable to attacks by other countries and revolts withing themselves. The mingled ethnicities may also cause some problems between the people, such as small fights and overall prejudice.