Board Thread:Minecraft Empires/@comment-3112181-20141227070939

So Par, Lith, Josef and myself are all Holy Roman Empire buddies. However, as everyone with a seventh grade education knows, the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire at all. Therefore, the four of us have decided that instead of controlling a loose collection of Catholic states, we'd each pick our own countries within the HRE and rule each seperately, albeit maintaining a strong bond with each other. Parax already has Austria, and Lith use to have the Rhine Confederacy (Germany) which I'm supposing he can just as easily reclaim. I'd like to claim the Kingdom of Northern Italy (name tbd) which would essentially include all of the land in Italy that fell under the realm of the HRE, these regions in specific being Venetia, Lombardy, Genoa, Tuscany, and Romagna. With the Pope's permission, I would be gratified for this acquisition. Of course, to be perfectly clear, this would not mean a complete dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire; it would just downgrade the HRE's status from that of a sovereign country to that more of a coalition of sovereign countries which, historically speaking, is far more accurate.

Also, I know that in 1776 the Holy Roman Empire consisted only of Germany and the Low Countries, but I'm also filing a request that, for practicality's sake, we redefine the Holy Roman Empire to include Austria and Northern Italy as well. I don't believe this is a lot to ask for. Plus, if Poland can claim Prussia and Kwagar can claim everything within a 500 mile radius to Copenhagen, I think this is only fair.

Thank you. 