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Klemens von Metternich, the conservative Austrian foreign minister from 1809-1848, was a prime example of the new systems of government that were emerging throughout Europe. Under his instruction, his country took on a foreign policy of maintaining the status quo (or balance of power) of Europe. He fought viciously against any form of revolution and liberalism, which he claimed was responsible for the horrific wars that had scorched through Europe. He began the process of unified cooperation of the nations of Europe to work together in an attempt to do something constructive, however conservative and backwards it was.
 * 11: The rise and functioning of the modern state in its various forms**