A map of the Slovene Lands from 1848, by Peter Kozler. The map...

A map of the Slovene Lands from 1848, by Peter Kozler. The map was inspired by Slovene nationalism during the Spring of Nations (another name for the Revolutions of 1848), when national minorities and pro-liberal forces rebelled against the traditional order in Europe. Slovene nationalists called for the unification of Slovene Lands (which roughly correspond to modern Slovenia) into an autonomous state in the Austrian Empire.