The full name of the empire was `` The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen '' . The Monarchy bore the name internationally of '' Ã -- sterreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie '' ( on decision by Franz Joseph I in 1868 ) , which in full meant `` The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen '' .