A/N: Second entry! These are in a random order by the way, sorry. This is for Austria after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which sparked the First World War.
Roderich Edelstein
Vienna, Österreich
29th June 1914
Dear Diary,
He shot him! That good for nothing, traitorous, rebellious nation shot my Archduke. Eliza's King. Well, that's it. If Serbia wanted war, then war he will get. I will not have such act of treason. I will not stand for it! Not in my Empire. I mean, sure, Franz Ferdinand wasn't the greatest leader and he was an autocrat, born into the throne…but he wasn't that bad. He wanted to get to know the common people; he just wasn't very good at it. And yes, I refused to release Bosnia and Macedonia. They are my territory! But this is an act of war from Serbia and he knows it. The problem is… this could be bigger than us. I will declare war, which immediately involves all of the countries in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Serbia knows that he can't beat us…
He'll run to Russia.
So, I'll ask Ludwig and Gilbert for help.
So, Russia will ask England and France for help.
It will blow up very quickly and I'm afraid about how that will affect everyone. War is never easy, especially not on nations…
I'm worried how this will end. But I cannot let this go. I cannot let the assassination of my Archduke by some vigilante Serbians who had help from their government go. It is impossible.
But still, I fear what will become of this war and what it will do to us all. Tensions are already high between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente with the arms race and everything… this is it. The Spark of War.
I'm scared. There is no other word for it. A war this size could ruin me and those I hold most dear. And I'm terrified. But I have no choice. I have a meeting with my boss tomorrow and I know he will say the same. There is no choice.
You chose war, Serbia. War you shall get.
