How to make as much of Nappy III’s projects happen

Throughout Napoleon III’s reign, he had many smaller goals for himself. I wanted to see if it was possible to secure as much or even all goals, these being, but probably not limited to:

Placing a puppet Maximalian on the throne of Mexico

Creating a free Polish State

Secure an Italian ally while remaining defender of the Catholic Church

Annexing Luxembourg

Expanding French influence in Germany

Creating a French-Allied Shogunate Japan

Developing French-owned Canals in Panama and the Suez

Creating French influence In the Sudan

And probably more, but I would just like to see if there was anyway for these goals to be achieved, and if there were any projects I missed please feel free to share them, thank you.
 
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Throughout Napoleon III’s reign, he had many smaller goals for himself. I wanted to see if it was possible to secure as much or even all goals, these being, but probably not limited to:

Placing a puppet Maximalian on the throne of Mexico

Creating a free Polish State

Secure an Italian ally while remaining defender of the Catholic Church

Annexing Luxembourg

Expanding French influence in Germany

Creating a French-Allied Shogunate Japan

Developing French-owned Canals in Panama and the Suez

Creating French influence In the Suez

And probably more, but I would just like to see if there was anyway for these goals to be achieved, and if there were any projects I missed please feel free to share them, thank you.

Italian ally/pope defender might be easiest gained by agreeing to the tripartite partition of Italy (Austrian north, Neapolitan south (under a Murat), papal middle). That way he gets an Italian ally (Naples) plus an alliance with Austria.

The Suez canal was OTL, but I'm not sure how to get the Transcontinental Canal in Panama built - maybe if he chooses a different location? There were three places considered at various points in the 19th century.

He can't annex Luxemburg without Britain/Prussia getting worried, so he'd either have to grab it very early in his reign - and use the remainder of it to restore "normal" relations with them. A Polish free-state is going to piss off Russia and Prussia. But if he's allied with Italy and Austria, I could see him feeling ballsy and going for Luxembourg (purchase rather than conquest, though, to avoid pissing off Britain - who'll still be angry, just less angry than if he conquers it outright).
 
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