Austria-Hungary

1. Economic Strength

1.1. Weak economy

1.2. 2/3 of the population made a living through agriculture

1.3. Fast growing (output increased by 5% a year during 1873-1913

2. Strengths & Weaknesses

2.1. Lacked military strength

3. Aims & Fears

3.1. Demise of the Ottoman Empire on the border

3.2. Hostility and aggression of Serbia

3.3. Gaining control of the Balkan states

4. Political System

4.1. Bureaucratic Government

4.2. Dual Monarchy

4.3. Emperor presiding Austria-Hungary and parliaments in either country.

4.4. Two prime ministers, an archduke and an emperor

5. Socio-Economic Problems

5.1. Multi-national empire in a time of nationalism

5.2. Lacked economic, political and social cohesion

5.3. Late modernisational stability

6. Foreign Policy

6.1. Envisioned a multi-ethnic, religiously divergent empire controlled by Vienna

6.2. Wished to expand by getting control over the Balkan states