North America was the closest comparison. The mongol empire covered 9.15 million square miles of land while North America covers 9.54 million square miles of land.
I think, Hungarian nobles tried to reject Joseph's decrees on the grounds that he had not gone through an official coronation there. Even peasants were often more concerned with the taxes that the empire demanded than with their new freedoms.
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Veto Power and by passing amendments to the constitution .