>Hans, how do you want your country?
>Complete nonsense
>Say no more
>>211839224 (OP)Decentralized country where every community looks out for it own interests > centralized state that concentrate all wealth and talent in the capital
>>211839224 (OP)Duh, it's a feudal empire
For me it's the Freie Friesische Lรคnder
>>211840282its starting to consolidate more but still into way more cities than in france
>>211839224 (OP)This is feudalism in its peak form. You might not like it, but this is the truth
>>211839224 (OP)SIENA MUSS HEIM INS REICH KOMMEN
SIENA BLEIBT DEUTSCH
>>211840282Only in such places like on the map. Decentralisation almost killed Russia and many other states with no protection from large Empires.
>>211839224 (OP)HRE was pure kino you dumbass
>>211839224 (OP)As a ruler, how would you attempt to consolidate that?
>>211839224 (OP)Ok, but get the fuck out of Pomorze
>>211843636Being a subsistence potato farmer in a statelet surrounded by bigger aggressive states surely rocked
>>211844564Just be a potato farmer in a big state
>>211840326it wasn't an empire at that point
it was merely the shared belief of the members that the Duke of Austria would show up with scores of bloodthirsty Swabian mercenaries to solve their disputes
>>211844670Iโm actually a merchant. Want some spices at 80% markup? *rubs hands*
alright, 1400 was still Sigismund of Luxemburg...who spent most of his reign invading his own nominal seat of power in Bohemia and losing to Hussite fanatics
>>211840282No, Germany was in constant economic stagnation until unification
>DIE TROMMEL DIE TROMMEL LERMAN LERMAN LERMAN VORAN LANDSKNECHT VORAN!
how do you respond?
>>211845251>Not including the >AY DEEREE DEE DEEE DUNTo the front of the formation with you