👉 Excommunications are a group of countries that were divided into two states, or "excommunicated," by a series of military actions and treaties. These actions occurred in the 19th and early 20th centuries, following the end of World War I, when Germany and Austria-Hungary signed the Treaty of Berlin, which established the German Empire as an independent state. The two countries were divided into the German Reich (later renamed Germany) and the Austrian Empire, with Austria-H
