How come the Holy Roman Empire didn't just conquer all of Europe, just look at it!

The Eternal Anglo

it was divided into a bunch of principalities and cities, it wasn't one big state with Austria/Czech being the most relevant.

Looks like mica.

The structure of the Holy Roman Empire after imperial reform essentially meant it couldn't start wars of conquest, because the only way to get all the states to agree to fight was if the Empire was attacked (or threatened by a constant external power like the Ottomans).

>size =/= manpower and resources
You need to stop playing all those Paradox games and pick up a book.

the Habsbug lands in and via Spain, or Hungary for that matter, were never part of the HRE. such is feudal-dynastic geopolitics for you.

How come the polish-lithuanian commonwealth didn't just not get partitioned, just look at it! Are poles this bad and autistic?

>the most relevant part of HRE was literally Czech
How can Krauts be this cucked

(1) How do you figure Bohemia was the most relevant part?
(2) Bohemia was literally a German vassal, how exactly does that fit in your image of a cuck?

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>>what is fudalism
No idea, maybe you meant feudalism, that would be what everybody had at the time
>>what is a very unstable confederacy
No idea again, likely not the HRE, since it was stable for 700 years
>>what is overextension
Apparently not an empire that runs from Jutland to Sicily.

It wasn't really an empire, more like a confederacy of feudal states. The control of Italy was important, not because controlling Rome would lend the empire imperial legitimacy, but due to the fact that feudal lords could extract tribute from the rich italian city-states. The duchy of Milan, was created for that exact reason.

>confederacy of feudal states
It included many non feudal states and republics too. Like the Empire was an Umbrella for so many so diverse entities and everybody was free to do their own thing for centuries as long as they kept to some basic laws and rules.

>The Hapsburg vassal was the most relevant part, not the Austrian dynasty that was the strongest power on the continent for decades and a great power until 1918.

Austria is clearly the most relevant part for most of HRE history, certainly after Hapsburg dominance sets in.

>Austria is clearly the most relevant part for most of HRE history, certainly after Hapsburg dominance sets in.
Wrong, the HRE the Habsburgs is what killed the Empire in the end, medieval pre Habsburg HRE was way more relevant and stable. The Habsburg's lust for power lead to the attempted centralization of the staunchly federal empire under a strong emperor created rifts that eventually lead to the self destruction of the once proud empire. The first 500 years of the HRE was the good time, the last 250 is just crisis and decline.