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IOTL the most powerful German states grew and consolidated in the southern Germany (Austria, Tyrol, Steiermark into "Austria") and eastern Germany (Brandenburg, Prussia, etc.). I have to assume this partially has to do with the huge land grants they started out with as frontier areas, and mostly to do with enterprising dynasties that ended up controlling them.

Is there a chance for a power of the level of Austria or Prussia in the 18th century rising? PoD can be any time after 1000 AD. Is proximity to France always going to ruin a Rhineland/Westphalia-based state?
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