How should Austria-Hungary be represented?

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To my best understanding of history, Hungary did not have enough autonomy in 1836 to be accurately represented as a subject state at that time. You could make an argument for it after Austria became A-H but a very crucial part of A-H was Hungarian privileges and ambitions in regards to shared domination over other parts of the empire, so I'm not sure about that either. I'm of course open to changing my mind if there are compelling enough sources on the subject to indicate they should start as a subject.

 

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What would be the consequences of removing all of those provinces, though? If Hungary is a separate country, even as a subject, what happens to Austria's industrial and military scores? Is prestige enough to keep a rump Austria as a great power? Also what about the rest of the realm? Would Lombardy-Venetia and Bohemia also be subjects?

I have to ask you because I can only go on the rules of how Vicky2 worked to kind of pictures how any of this would work out. Obviously Vicky3 is going to be using different fundamentals but it seems like a dubious prospect so far.

Subjects' GDP and military power gives prestige to overlords in V3, so it shouldn't be a huge issue in terms of keeping Austria a GP (and shared market means they can still access Hungarian goods). I'm skeptical that it makes sense historically, though.