What if you lived in this country
>>217185412Oh god I wish
>>217185412I do.
>>217185412it's would have centralize after the religious wars if not for swedish intervene
I do.
>>217185501Not likely. By the 16th century neither the protestant nor the catholic estates were particularly thrilled about a strong imperial position. It didn't help that many emperors aggressively tried to expand their direct control after the Peace of Augsburg.
>>217185585it's not like france of course but there will be no brandenburg to destabilize the realm, napoleon and his liberal idea will not spread like wild fire
>>217185741By the time the Hohenzollern of Brandenburg acted against the interest of the austrian Habsburg the HRE was already in shambles.
>>217186355that's because of westphalia, make imperial authority mean almost nothing but title, at edict of restitution, the habsburg project literally peak
>>217186689Even the catholic estates protested against the Edict of Restitution. They even forced Emperor Ferdinand II. to sack Wallenstein (who was against the edict too but he was also the top general of the Emperor) because they were weary of the increasing imperial power.
>>217185412I would probably be killed
>>217186896i'm not aware of that but without sweden, at that point still the best case for hre to be a real force centralized but not super autocratic like france or russia
the HRE walked so Europe could run
>>217185412i'd be holy roman
>>217187218Yeah no shit. Outside interventions often lead to a country being destabilized.
>>217185412damn, our kings got lazy
