OT: I have no idea why he would be depicted as such a monster. Did the peas cause any harm? He was part of the Catholic Church and I don't think that his work caused nearly as much controversy as Darwin's.
And wasn't Austria part of Germany (or the Holy Roman Empire, which had Germany as the main part of it) for a time? It used to be the Celtic land of Noricum, a part of the Roman Empire (Vienna used to be Vindobona, a Roman settlement) but was given to... the Bavarians by Charlemagne? (Technically, parts of modern Germany were also part of the Roman Empire, such as Cologne and Trier, though I don't think I need to tell you that...)
I had always thought that Austria was to Germany what Canada was to the United States... two countries with a common language that were both part of the same political unit at one point in time (And before anyone says anything else, both the U.S. and Canada have French-speaking areas, Quebec and Louisiana, as well.)
Edit: I just realized why what I said was odd: the U.S. and Canada are very different, in spite of sharing languages, and having both been part of the British Empire. I guess the same would apply to similar countries in Europe.
