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So, how could we make Charles V, the universal emperor, even MORE universal. The goal here is to let him, or his descendants, get control of most of Europe and keep it under one monarch.
My guess here is beating off the Reformation with a big stick, so that the Hapsburgs can continue to do what they did best...marry.