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Now what Leopold III does not like is the fact that Switzerland, despite being broken by his predecessors, has retaken Burgundy and the cities in the Alps already, when we were busy.

This cannot stand; the Swiss will need to be beaten again. This time, we will have them release numerous nations and give up claims to other areas.



Their main force was defeated by Leopold III himself, while France is beating up Venice and various other minor nations who joined Swiss in this war.



Remember, kids: in Lippe, the pen is as mighty as the sword!



And so, the Cantons are reduced to the union of Bern-Schwyz; Freiburg, Chur and Sion are now independent states, while Kingdom of Burgundy is alive once again.



Not so long afterwards, the petitions by the Swiss cities arrive; first to become Free Imperial City is Freiburg, and Sion follows suit few weeks later.

Unfortunately, despite all this splendour, glory and restoration of the Princes, the Diet, just as with Leopold's father, refuses to Reform the Reichregiment.



And now for something from the international news:

Naples, after winning war against Sweden and thus obtaining second half of Sicily, has declared creation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Good for them!

Leopold III decided to celebrate the Sicillian union by marrying into the ruling family of Durazzis.



...Apparently the Swedes got jealous and decided to proclaim a new kingdom of their own: Scandinavia.

Good for them, I guess - but Riga holds some of their core territories, and Riga is part of the Empire. That means...



This thing here was pretty much inevitable. Riga might've allied against us in the past, but we simply won't leave Imperial Princes defenseless. To war!

And yes, that grey blob, up in Siberia, is Iraq. Get used to it already.



Prussia is beaten and abandons Scandinavian side in exchange for peace.

And yes, we took Memel; Leopold III captured the city and liked it so much that he decided it will become a Baltic spa town for entirety of von Mecklenburg dynasty.

I mean, we're the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Who will stop us from doing things like this? No one, HAH!



The Emperor's diplomats dictate surrender terms to Scandinavian king in Stockholm; ducats for Imperial treasury and renouncing of claims on Riga-held Kexholm and Viborg.



Also, finally, we have enough money to build an Embassy.

Infamy begone!

Three years of peace and then Liege, out of nowhere, decides to annex Hainaut. The greedy archbishop has taken away one of our electors!

They're replaced on the Electoral Council by Moravia, a vassal duchy of the Bavarians. Curses!



Simon VII decides to vent his frustrations on Prussians; they're not part of the Holy Roman Empire, yet they hold Meissen, a centre of trade and formerly Prince of the Empire.

The declaration draws in Hungary, Lithuania, Muscowy and England into the conflict on the side of Prussians; on ours, our vassals, friends and France join in.



Alsace also gets involved, which allows us to settle a score; the local Archbishop was behind funding of some of Nassau nationalists back in the day. He will be punished with vassalization.



The entry of Poland into the conflict has thrown a wrench into our battleplans; we had military access through their lands to assault Prussia. We will get through this, and siege Warszawa as punishment!



Shortly afterwards, we gain another Idea slot, and it has been decided to increase our war potential by adopting Engineer Corps.

Few days later, capital of Prussia, Konigsberg, falls into our hands, and Prussians agree to give us Meissen, as well as pay 125 ducats and renounce claim to some Rigan territories.



Bavarians pick a perfect moment to decide and invade Nuremberg, a Free Imperial City and our ally.

Unfortunately for them, we're not the ones to abandon our allies, and join the war.



The fighting against Bavarians intensifies practically across entire Empire; Austrians and Bohemians, as well as Wurzburg and Siena has joined against the aggressors.

Just like Moravia, Worms and others joined Bavarian side, too.



Alsace is humilitated and becomes Lippe vassal; Bavaria attempts to offer us peace, but not yet!

It is time that the likes of Brandenburg, Holland, Wurttemberg, Regensburg and others be reborn and carved away from Bavarian empire!



Heinrich dies during a hunting accident... however the next heir, Leopold, has very nice stats.

Simon mourns for Heinrich only for few days.



Almost two years later, Munich finally surrenders and Bavaria accepts peace treaty dictated by us. Even before it, Utrecht and Palatinate were freed by other members of our alliance.

Our authority is all-time high. Now it is a perfect time to consolidate the Imperial Diet - time to vote for the Reichregiment!

Which does NOT pass! Our infamy might've been the cause of this, or mayhaps our bad relations with the Catholic princes of the Empire. Still, Simon VII feels betrayed by the Diet!



Half a year later, he passes away - some say of grief - and Leopold III ascends to the throne.

Long live Leopold III von Mecklenburg, King of Lippe, Emperor of Romans!