Why was this monstrosity allowed to exist for almost a thousand years?

the same could be asked about you, only with the number of years reduced to fourteen

>>1618416
Unifying the Germans is more disasterous than letting them do their autistic shit on their own

>>1618416
>1000 years
less than 850 actually
oslo MAKE HABSBURGS GREAT AGAIN

>>1618416
varus was responsible

>>1618543
>>1618416

OSTPREUSSEN IST DEUTSCHES LAND

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>>1618427
t. Austrian

>>1618416
That looks like it would be incredibly fun to conquer.

>>1618416

i mean it looks bad on a map from a modern standpoint but it was incredibly functional and essentially acted as a unified ethnically homogeneous nation state for centuries before bismarck, give and take a few minor wars

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>>1620796

>it was incredibly functional and essentially acted as a unified ethnically homogeneous nation state for centuries

Because it still worked as a defence association for a very long time so it could survive for centuries

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>>1620712
try it faggot and suck my codpiece.
There is a reason it survived that long.

because people are retards who go EMPIRE = JUST LIKE ROMAN EMPIRE AND MUH ANIMES AND WARHAMMERS = LITERALLY ONE MEGA COOL EMPEROR (LIKE ME) RULING EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING without realizing the breadth of the spectrum of various polities present in europe even at that time

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>>1622104
>ruling everything

Are you 12?
The duchees had a lot of freedoms and many things were decided by elections, not like in absolutistic shitholes.

The system was pretty neat for the middleages.

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why don't you cry about, you little bitch?

ALTE REICH IS BEST REICH

>>1622106
... have you even read the post you are replying to

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>>1622134
I think I misunderstood it.
I actually just wannt an excuse to post more Holy and roman and imperial stuff.