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Imperial Ascendancy

So you want to play as the HRE, but there are a few things that just don't feel right? I feel it too. This mod aims to make the HRE a bit more fun and (sometimes) challenging to play!

• Both Imperial Reform branches are unlocked to the player. They are no longer exclusive to each other. You can do both!
  
• When you have enacted Ewige Landsfried or Revoked the Privilegia, you will gain a diplomatic action be able to force members of the empire to release all possible nations, making the empire neat and cluttered and have the insane bordergore that we all love.
  
• You get a larger authority penalty for provinces outside HRE control (from 0.005 to 0.02). You're going to want to start bringing everyone into the fold as soon as possible.
  
• Revoking a reform has a higher cost (from 50 to 75).
  
• The amount of princes required in the HRE to keep authority has been changed (from 25 to 20).
  
• You will gain a bit more authority from each prince (from 0.075 to 0.1).
  
• Larger vassals are more inclined to join the HRE (from 200 dev cap to 400).
  
• Lack of electors hit your authority harder (from 0.1 to 0.3).
  
• Increase the amount of free cities (from 12 to 15). You can add 3 more of your liking when the game starts.
  
• When you click Erbkaisertum, you will be allowed to select if you want to enforce your Catholicism (or protestantism), or if you wish to enact religious peace.
  
• Vassals join the HRE more consistently.
  
• You will get an event for a Personal Union casus belli on Byzantium as player Austria (Feels like it makes sense for your ambitions to restore the Eastern Roman Empire).
  
• You will have a decision to instantly guarantee all non-subject HRE members (For when you want to play as a benevolent guardian of all the principalities).

The base game has a trigger that allows vassals to join the HRE, but sometimes it doesn't fire correctly (imo), so I've created a new event that will definitely fire if you meet the requirements.

• You need to be emperor.
  
• You need to have at least 10 Imperial Authority.
  
• Your vassal must be outside the HRE.
  
• Your vassal must have less than 800 total development.
  
• Your vassal must have 190 opinion of you.
  
• Your vassal must have a neighbour country that is already in the HRE - or be an island nation.
  
• Mean time to happen: 36 months.