Some people still talk highly about it as it was a very free and open society. You did not need a passport to enter the empire of 50 million people, taxes low, only proper law enforcement existed, Gendarmes aka Sheriff and no henchman of the wealthy aka Police. Austria-Hungary cared about issues like the rule of law.
The number plate of Franz Ferdinand's car on the day of his assassinatio on 28 June 1914 carried the date when the Armistice (peace treaty) was signed on November 11 1918. (AIII 118)
Car still viewable in Museum.


Rumor has it that Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 on April 20, Martial law.
Years ago, apparently 200 000 sealed indictment existed that number has grown to 400 000.