User blog comment:LurkerLordB/Real-Life People born after a POD/@comment-2231398-20120730070759/@comment-1310192-20120730153355

So you have to write a list of kings since 1022. That, averaging a 30-years-per-king, which is a rather high estimate, gives you 33 kings. Now say that, in 1523, you abolish your monarchy (so it's only 16 and a third kings) and turn it into a republic. Now with four-year terms, it'd be 122 people, 61 if you count two-term rule. And that's with modern term limits, which is wrong (Florentines voted either once a year or four times a year, so you have between 990 and 3960 Presidents). I'm not counting "times of trouble" with several presidents per year.

And that's Florence. Add in Venice, Modena, Milan, Mantua, Naples, and Aquileia. Then add the Pope. Then, add in the large nations, France, Castille, England, Scotland. And its minor vassals must not be forgotten. So the short-lived Burgundy, Órleans, the Dauphiné, Bourbon, and the more long-lived Navarre, Aragon, Galicia and Leon. Then the 100-odd Holy Roman Empire states. Poland and Mazovia. Basically everything you won't swallow in a EU3 game because there's too much for it. Then when you get to "arts and culture" section, you have to add far more.

Not time-consuming at all, right?