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Who knows. I have seen some ideas floating around that Hungarians had to do with Franz Ferdinand's death because he was pushing for the Triple Monarchy.

And would probably be the best outcome for the Poles as well. IIRC, Austrian Poland was by far the best off (and considered as such) out of the three parts of partitioned Poland.

Neither World War was, technically speaking, intentional. Or at least not at the point where it started. First World War was a screwup of major proportions on all sides: a perfect storm, if you will. Argument could be made that it was completely unintended by all sides, but once cup spilled...

And then risk having the supply cut off by its competitors. Like what has happened in, like, I don't know... both World Wars?

United States also had extreme expanse of land which contained literally all resources necessary for industrial development. That is something no other country had except for Russia and China - but much of Russian resources were inaccessible in Siberia, while China had its own issues.

That was kinda my point. Wilhelm - and so many during that time - subscribed to Mahan's idea that control of the sea was a key aspect for any power - even those on the continent. So I have to wonder whether Wilhelm's project of building a navy really was just vanity, as often suggested - rather...

To answer all your questions of "What... German navy", watch this:

Actually, it lost way too much. One of reasons why Marxism is dominating the West are world wars. First World War made it almost a crime to be a monarchist (despite monarchs having opposed the war) and also created Communist Russia, while the Second World War exported Communism abroad from USSR...