Germany (Gustav IIIs Sweden)

The German Empire (German: Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich) is a sovereign nation in central Europe.

States of Germany
Before unification, German territory was made up of 27 constituent states. These states consisted of kingdoms, grand duchies, duchies, principalities, free Hanseatic cities and one imperial territory. The free cities have a republican form of government on the state level, even though the Empire at large is constituted as a monarchy, and so are most of the states. The Kingdom of Prussia is the largest of the constituent states, covering two-third of the empire's territory.

several of these states gained their independence following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.They had been de-facto independent from the 1600-onwards.