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Holy Roman Empire of the Germanic Nation
Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation
Timeline: Fidem Pacis
Capital Aachen
Largest city Hamburg
Other cities Vienna, Prague, Munich, Cologne, Amsterdam, Copenhagen
Language
  official
 
German
  others Czech, Danish, Polish
Demonym Germanic
Government Federal elective monarchy
Empress Sophie I
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Area 640,857 km²
Population 108,518,072 
Independence 912
Currency Reichsmark

The Holy Roman Empire is a sovereign nation in central Europe which consists of a federation of self-governing states. It includes the Jutland Peninsula and the islands of Zealand, and is bordered to the north by the North and Baltic Seas, to the east by Lithuania, to the southeast by Hungary, to the south by Switzerland, Italy and Croatia, and to the west by France. With an area of 640,857 km², the Holy Roman Empire is the second-largest sovereign state in Europe, after Lithuania.

The Holy Roman Empire is an elective monarchy chosen by the rulers of its constituent states. The Emperor, who can be any Imperial citizen over the age of 40, reigns for life and has nominal responsibility for foreign relations, the armed forces, taxation, the Imperial Court of Justice, and the imperial legislature, or Reichstag - though in practice these duties are usually left to the democratically elected government of the time. State governments have control over most other matters, including state laws, infrastructure, healthcare, public safety and education. The states have varying forms of government, with some being republican in nature and some constitutional monarchies, but all Imperial nationals share a common citizenship and are ultimately subjects of the Emperor.

The Imperial Constitution, enacted in 1815 and last amended in 1921, sets out the relationship between the Empire and the states. Among other things, it obligates state governments to be democratic, guarantees freedom of religion and of movement, and guarantees trial by a jury of randomly-selected peers. The most recent amendment, the Equal Rights Clause, forbids any form of racial, religious or gender-based discrimination based on prejudice, either in law or in society.

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