Germany in 1652
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German Empire
Keiserreich Deutschreich
Flag of Germany
Location of Germany (Red) in Europe (Grey)
Location of Germany and its colonies (Red) and claimed territories (Pink) in the World (Grey)
Capital:
Prague (
Prag, 50°05′N 14°25′E)
Great Power: 1626
Official language:
German
Recognized languages:
French,
Italian, Scandinavian,
Polish,
Hungarian,
Croat,
Czech,
Slovene,
Sorbian,
Slovak,
Silesian,
Cassubian, etc
Ethnic groups: 80%
Germans, 7%
Czechs, 3%
Slovenes, 3% other
Slavs, 2%
French, 5% others
Demonym: German
Official religion: None (Protestantism encouraged by the State)
Religious groups: 66%
Protestants (
Lutherans,
Calvinists,
Anabaptists), 34%
Roman Catholicics
Government:
Limited Monarchy (Empire),
Unitary National State
Monarch: Siegfried
Augustus I of
Wettin
Legislature: Reichstag
Formation:
-
Holy Roman Empire: 2 February 962
- German Empire (
Federal): 9 November 1610
- German Empire (Unitary): 9 November 1644
Area: 797,200 km2 (307,800 sq mi)
Population: 23,682,000
Density: 29.71/km2 (76.94/sq mi)
Currency:
Thaler
Geography
Borders: Altlantic Ocean (North Sea), Scandinavia, Baltic Sea, Sarmatia, Slovakia, Hungary (Romanian occupation), Croatia (Romanian occupation), Mediterranian Sea (Adriatic Sea), Italy, France
Territory: Continental Germany, several coastal islands in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and Adriatic Sea
Administrative divisions (38 Lands): Alsace, Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Bohemia, Brandenburg, Bremen, Brunswick, Burgundy, Carinthia, Carniola, Flanders, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Hesse, Holstein, Istria, Lorraine, Lübeck, Luxembourg, Mecklenburg, Moravia, Nassau, Netherlands, Oldenburg, Palatinate, Pomerania, Rhineland, Salzburg, Saxony, Silesia, Styria, Switzerland, Thuringia, Tyrol, Westphalia, Württemberg
Colonies:
- Südreich (Australia, Maori, Papua, Melanesia, Polinesia, Madagascar), most of the area only claimed
History
Monarchs:
- Emperor Siegfried Augustus I (born: 1589, reigned: 1610 - , wife: Empress Sophie, born: 1606).
Wars:
- First German War (1612 - 1616) - gained most of Protestant Germany, Bavaria, parts of Catholic Germany, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, parts of Austria, parts of Switzerland, parts of Netherlands, Holstein, etc;
- First European War (1622 - 1624) - gained the rest of Austria, the rest of Switzerland, the rest of Netherlands, parts of Lorraine, parts of Burgundy, etc;
- Second European War (1641 - 1645) - gained parts of Lorraine, parts of Burgundy, Flanders, Luxembourg, etc, lost parts of Switzerland, etc;
Plans:
- Deal with the extremists within;
- Solve the Dutch problem;
- Finish the complex population exchanges;
- Colonize the Südreich;
- Conquer more land in the Südreich;
- Create a United National Church of Germany;
- Assimilate the remaining ethnic minorities, especially the Slavs;
- Create a strong system of military and political alliances.
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