Infer what the general situation is in the part of the world known as The Balkans, based on the political cartoon at left.

Nationalism-

1)A feeling of pride in one’s country, belonging and identity (may be extreme)

2)Belief in a “nation-state”: belief that the boundaries of one’s ethnic group (people who share the same language, culture, ancestry) should match up with the territorial borders of one’s country.

Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

Later, nationalist / separatist Movements divided this empire into many nation-states that reflected language and cultural identity