User blog comment:Lieutenant General Richard Venables/NAZI/@comment-3112181-20121023001012

First, good job spelling "reich" right...

Second, yes, the 1st Reich does refer to the HRE and this common period. However, the problem here is that the "1st Reich" was more of a time era, and not a country per se. Therefore, there's nothing here for you to lead. The major Germanic kingdoms (e.g. Prussia, Bavaria, Hannover, Saxony) are taken, and we have settled on the fact that there is to be no leader of the Holy Roman Empire.