Empire of the German Nation

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Name - ℜ𝔢𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔇𝔢𝔲𝔱𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔑𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 (German)
Continent - Europe
Capital - Frankfurt (Emperor, Imperial Election); Regensburg (Reichstag); Wetzlar (Reichskammergericht)

Administration

Head of state - Kaiser Ludwig VI (Wittelsbach)
Head of government - Vice-President of the Reichsregiment Ernst Carl von Weizsäcker
Legislature - Reichstag - Reichsweltlichekollegium (upper), Reichsständekollegium (lower), Reichsgeistlichekollegium (religious), Kurfürstenkollegium (electoral)
President of the Reichstag - Principal Commissioner Gabriel, Prince of Thurn and Taxis & Elector of Tellgau
Director of the Kurfürstenkollegium - Friedrich Franz V, Elector of Westphalia
Director of the Reichsweltlichekollegium - Leopold II, Elector of Mark
Director of the Reichsgeistlichekollegium - Johann von Rodt, Archchancellor of Germany & Prince-Archbishop of Regensburg
Director of the Reichsständekollegium - Josef Albrecht zu Oettingen-Wallerstein
Judiciary - Reichskammergericht
Kammerrichter of the Reichskammergericht - Karl von Schönburg
Form of government - Federal elective monarchy under a democratic ministerial confidential constitution
Form of law - Cambacérès Code (commercial, criminal, criminal procedural); civil and civil procedural law varies by state
Demonym - German

Geography

Area - 444,472 km^2
Largest cities
-Vienna - 4,711,000 (city), 7,021,000 (metro)
-Hamburg - 2,394,000 (city), 4,015,000 (metro)
-Dresden - 1,109,000 (city), 2,906,000 (metro)
Time zone
-TMP+01:00 (mainland)
-TMP-04:00 (Virgin Islands)
-TMP+06:00 (Nicobar Islands)
Currency - German thaler

Demography

Language - German
Population - 67,815,000
Density - 152.57 /km^2

Symbols

National festival - St. Boniface Day (June 5) - commemorating the martyrdom of St. Boniface, the patron saint of Germany
Anthem - Deutschland, du herrliches Land
Motto - Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus

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Cities

Rank	City	State	City proper	Metropolitan population
1	Vienna	Archduchy of Austria	4,711,000	7,121,000
2	Hamburg	Free City of Hamburg	2,394,000	4,015,000
3	Dresden	Electorate of Saxony	1,109,000	3,206,000
4	Frankfurt	Free City of Frankfurt	803,000	2,384,000
5	Prague	Kingdom of Bohemia	831,000	2,120,000
6	Leipzig	Electorate of Saxony	749,000	1,994,000
7	Zurich	Electorate of Tellgau	801,000	1,781,000
8	Hanover	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg	948,000	1,646,000

Reichsregiment

-descends from the Handelspräsidium which was formed to coordinate the Handelsverein
-council which manages the executive and "advises" the emperor

-two members per circle

-idea being that they'd negotiate for each of their circles

-stays in power if it can pass a budget

-practically speaking, this means it's dependent on Reichshandelskollegium, aside from small spending for which it may depend on constituent states

Reichstag

-formed from the Old Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire combined with the Handelstag of the Handelsverein
-Reichsweltlichekollegium, Reichsgeistlichekollegium, and Kurfürstenkollegium meet in the Old Town Hall
-while Reichshandelskollegium meets in purpose-built building

Kurfürstenkollegium

-Electoral College

-consists of electors for

1. Bavaria

2. Hanover

3. Hesse-Kassel

4. Hesse-Darmstadt

5. Saxony

6. Westphalia

7. Aschaffenburg

8. Hildesheim

9. Tellgau

10. Mark

11. Bohemia

-power over electing emperors
-and jurisdiction over disputes on nature of law

Reichsweltlichekollegium

-Imperial Secular College

-assembly of princes and the Free Cities
-created from Secular Bench of College of Princes

-with College of Cities having essentially collapsed, consolidated, and Secular and Clerical Benches formally separated from one another

-College of Cities consists of Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck, Frankfurt, Augsburg, and Nuremberg, now essentially just a curia

-in practice consists of delegations from the states, with vote totals essentially unchanged

-by constitutional regulation, requires dual consent of the lower house of the state legislature and the immediate ruler

-highest chamber and most prestigious

-with older and more experienced politicians seeking to be placed there

Reichsgeistlichekollegium

-Imperial Ecclesiastical College

-assembly of clerics
-consisting of the various Roman Catholic and Independent Catholic episcopacies, and the Protestant bishops/consistorial representatives (where appropriate)

-and the Exarch of the German Orthodox Exarchate

-evolved out of "personalist" clerics instituted following 1804 who were given extraterritorial representation in the Reichstag
-has a veto over religious legislation

Reichsständekollegium

-Imperial Estates College

-assembly of popularly elected representatives

-popularly elected among a series of "Stände", which are divided among states and cities

-each Ständ consists of a series of delegates from corporate chambers

-Stände for

-lordships

-landowners

-"honorables"

-commerce-men, industrialists, bankers

-education

-university staff and certain graduates

-labor

-urban-dwellers

-arts and culture

-agriculture/other

-originated as body to allow for commerce - thus its name

-to manage telegraph and railroad systems, and clear customs barriers and like

-eventually democratized but with several levels of election

-main assembly of German nation and assent required for all bills

-also for all levying of "national taxes"

-however, the Staatsrat may also levy taxes from the constituent states

Reichsarmee

-Kaiser is nominal commander-in-chief of the entire Reichsarmee
-with each immediate ruler serving as nominal commander of their own army section

-each section gathered into Imperial Circles led by centrally appointed commanders

-Reichsarmee may be called with dual consent of Reichspräsidium and Kaiser

-and immediate rulers may call upon their section