Unification of Germany

Committee Description

It is now the 16th of July, 1870. Four years have passed since the pivotal Prussian victory at Königgrätz, solidifying its hegemony over all of Germany. Since then, Prussia has relentlessly pursued its aim of German unification, but the flames of war have been ignited once more. The recent publication of a diplomatic communication known as the Ems dispatch had inflamed such patriotic fervour in France that a crowd of nearly twenty thousand gathered in the streets of Paris to demand for war. 

Within forty-eight hours, a general mobilization order was issued to the French military, with Emperor Napoleon III personally leading the effort. Now, with the French parliament voting in favour of war with the North German Confederation, the two nations stand on the precipice of a large-scale conflict.

Representing various influential figures throughout Germany, delegates will need to tackle a variety of internal and external issues. The impending war with France presents an opportunity for national unification, similar to what had been achieved by Italy just years before in 1861. This, however, will be no easy feat. Countless cultural differences, faction disagreements, and the fundamental difficulties of directing a nation at war only represent a fraction of the challenges that lie ahead. With the Gallic bull now provoked into a raging fury, it is time for the valiant German bullfighter to decide—will his people emerge unified and victorious, or lie fractured and defeated?