Authoritarian Government in Germany 1871-1914 The Unification of Germany under there the powerful leader Otto Von Bismark led to the Authoritarian style government in Germany for the next forty years through his aggressive and sometimes underhanded leadership qualities. Bismark united Germany too Prussia not uniting Germany as an equal and fair whole this was the main cause for this new authoritarian style government. Another reason why is because of his cunning and outright lying to place the Prussian king, not to mention himself into the ultimate power and leadership position of the new nation. Any country