Prussia which was the principal force behind the unification of Germany, was located A. North of the states it conquered.
Prussia was located to the Northeast of Germany and it was from here that they launched their invasions which eventually culminated in Germany unification.
This was the same with Piedmont which was located to the Northwest of Italy and was able to push successful for Italian unification.
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