What if the Holy Roman Empire Reunited Today? 

That is how it was. It was the strongest roman chatolic state at one point and the pope aprooved of it.

Retsel Iuges It should’ve been called “Germanic Catholic Confederation”

@@user-sz9dj1pl9o But thats not it was in the early days. Dont forget the HRE lasted a 1000 years what it was in the begining was not what it was at the end.

@@gunarsmiezis9321 more like it was the Pope playing politics, and trying to escape the authority of Byzantium.

To be fair, for centuries it really wasn't blessed by the Pope. I figure a lot of Popes wanted a lot of the Emperors dead, and vice versa.

Never thought I'd see someone from Liechtenstein here! Greetings from Germany

Greetings from USA 🇺🇸

Grettings from spain 🇪🇸

@@scarspurs2332 You are not european get out the video yankee!

@@vgjl1824 why do you have to be European?

I knew some comment was going to end with nono-germans

omg i love this comment. love from the italian side of the hre

Make it three times then ;)

@@russko118 hiii fellow italian !

@@uuzimane5615 hello fellow axis power

Jeez rick

Well it’s a thiccer Germany

Thicc Deutschland

Well the German name is Holy Roman Empire of German nation

when you see your french regions who never been directly in the german empire in it made by english speakers that have no one idea of what they are talking about

Jake G food

Jake G He might pay you back for the horrible childhood he gave you.

You would finally get your smokes

r/wooooooooooooooooosh

This is so sad. Can we hit 3 likes?

Hidden in that tiny gap between Switzerland and Austria.

Common Cool Channel I know,but he didn't said Liechtenstein!And he is left what was H.R.E.

Aaaaah! You're right!

Czech Paratrooper Is that because you had to give it some castles?

Either that, or the Holy Roman Empire decided, for some reason, to not conquer a tiny space between Switzerland and Austria.

and 1k new separated countries on map

*ulm noises intesify*

Byzantine Empire... I miss it...

@@shinizuko Corection: We all miss the Roman Empire

@@mojewjewjew4420 Yeah, but not at full size. Too OP.

Forget Doofmund - but count Schalke in!

Matthias Otto BVB 4-0 S04

Yep. Imagine Hazard, VVD, Neuer, Immobile, De Bruyne, Werner and (because of part of Poland) Lewandowski on the same national team

It wouldnt happen, the HRE didnt work like a whole country, it was divided so probably things would continue as they are

Ez so like the UK isn’t one football team

It should just be part of Switzerland or Austria.

And Luxembourg

@@maximecazin7112 that should just be part of germany.

@@gunarsmiezis9321 Part of France yes, I agree

@@msmit3669 and Netherland should be part of France

Like 17

1181 the holy roman empire had an area of 940,000 km2. That are 940,000,000,000 m2. An Toyota Corolla have an area of 8.2 m2 (4.62m * 1.775m). That means that 114,634,146,341 Toyota Corolla would fit in it.

Jannis G. Thank you

Jannis G. Hiw many corollas could fir into your iq, alot i say

Over 9000

Nah, the EU couldn't come close to being as cool as the HRE. (Still waiting on the proclamation that the EU will be reorganized into a new HRE)

Sounds just like the EU in better

the rich part of the eu il all inside the hre (except paris) so yes i'm not surprised that they rank closly

I despise the EU

I just made one right before I even read this comment.

So there's still a chance? Nice

Weren't the emperors crowned in Aachen?

@@lordmuhehe4605 Yes and no. ^^ Also coronation is also sth different than being crowned.

Also there are the banks and monarchs tended to be owned by the banks. ;)

Deus Vult! True

@@ledernierutopiste That's not the russian flag, it's the slovakian.

Logoncal they were at the time (C. 1200) that the borders were at the length they’re being reunited at.

nicht an Zuwanderung interessierter Bot In the later years of the HRE, the Kaiser had very little power of individual kingdoms. In the thirty years war and seven years wars, many states of the HRE declared war on other states. Compared to kingdoms like England and France, the Holy Roman Empire really wasn’t very united

I admire your profile picture

Monacco and San marino too!

+iTheman 6s and luxembourg

@@thedavid7496 manacco was and still is an independent country

@@maecarswell5728 I never said its not independent.

And Vatican

Luxembourg and Vatican city also

@@hyperinegaming6195 This implies Vatican City is relevant anytime

@@beanixwright2940 It was relevant enough for Mussolini to make deals with the Pope before world war 2 to keep the Pope out of the wars affairs…

In german it's called ,,Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation." In english this means: Holy roman empire of germanic nations Or Holy roman empire of german nation

Tim Schmidt Oft someones tapped a nerve

Roman Catholic

*Somewhat-holy German Confederation*

Tim Schmidt I mean do you?

DANIELMAND DK he said Liechtenstein

Yeah but I think Vatican wouldn't be in it

DANIELMAND DK the Vatican wasn’t in the empire’s rule. It was more like the Vatican ruled the empire behind the shadows.

bintou toure It would. In the video Rome is mentioned as one of the biggest cities.

Han nævnte Liechtenstein

Almost a thousand years, 844 years. Without napoleon it would’ve been 1,076 years

Dank Matter underrated lmao

If you don’t get this joke then you’re too young.

Sharist Hoola You feel superior yet?

Why does this fucking exist

“Hey, nico.... lets go bowling”

The Spicy Meme 100th like

Electric Acid hes basically saying he prefers a world where the empire is back

Yes FUCK YOU NEOPOLIAN

the spIcY MEmE iS RiGHt

The Spicy Meme imagine thinking the Holy Roman Empire is a legitimate successor to Rome

Nah. The only true emperor would be his grandson, Frederick II. The old man was a total failure as emperor.

He would sleeping under a river after drowning on his way to a crusade

sad German noises*

don't worry about the mistake or don't worry about Germany ?

Avery Lopez-Baines before you said that, the pope was able to make some more emporers

Lena Arkenberg it's a 'The History of the Entire World, I Guess' refrence

*Austria

Actually, it was mostly Austria controlling the HRE, not "Germany" aka Brandenburg Prussia in the early days.

Despacito Rico Mapping the one that laid claim to Algeria, S.E. Asia, and most of west Africa 100 years ago.

What if the first Mexican empire reunited today

Indian Subcontinent was never a unity until British empire colonized and unified this area.

xxx I know. I was speculating on what if they stayed unified after breaking away from the British Empire.

MrFunnyGuy015 German Empire

In my opinion it should be Aachen! :D The imperial city of Charlemagne

@@Broodplank86 Yes, Aachen, if France is part of the HRR. Which is not so far away, it was considered something like a half member, but too strong to be incorporated.

@@brauchebenutzername HRR => holy Roman Empire? Acronym auf deutsch nehme ich an haha Are you saying France was strongly involved with the HRE? I only know of Lorraine, Alsace, and Burgundy being part of it more or less :-)

@@Broodplank86 Please be chilled. Lorraine, Alsace and Burgundy weren´t too strong to be incorporated. If France would be incorporated, it would rule the HRR.

@@brauchebenutzername If I didn't come across chilled then I apologize, I was merely curious about your thought process :-)

actualy we already did , its called the EU now. But imagine if the holy roman empire was reformed after 1818 It would have a masive global empire aswell.

You Germans like land grabbing.

@@marcusfranconium3392 People usually thing these ancient "empire" like a modern country with central government controling everything. That's just not the case, it's a very loose organization, without modern tool information can take weeks from one side of the empire to the other, modern EU is probably more connected than Holly Roman Empire.

Daniel Tsiprun yep, awesome channel 👍

and Monaco. San Marino and Vatican aswell

Joshua Salem 5th geography now fan here!

6th

But I'm not much of a fan, I just like his content a lot

Well, at least they'd have fewer countries to memorise... It'd kinda be like living back during the Cold War, when what is it now, eight?! little Eastern European countries were all Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union was Russia AND a bunch of other things. One big border, fewer names. :P

Robin Chesterfield but if you'd live in the HRE it would suck cuz the borders.... Oh boy that was one hell of a trip I guess people really didnt care about nice looking borders

The Balkan already are a meme during Geography class.

@@robinchesterfield42 I guess you do not know the literal border gore that was the Holy Roman Empire? At more than one point in time there were more states inside of it than all the world, and during the 1200s the states numbered in the tens of thousands.

Everybody hated to learn the Balkan because they were full of tiny nations with names nobody could pronounce.

nor

nor

Sacramental biowaste.

nor

Holy-blessed by pope Roman-catholic Empire-big

Kill him, kill him now.

Didnt know youre into history

There's some comment sections you haven't commented on yet and that's amazing.

Justin Y. Sigh. "CAN YOU PLEASE STOP COMMENTING ON THE QUALITY VIDEOS?" -Jenkins, 2018

You're everywhere at once, I swear.

I think you can estrapolate the partial GDP contribution from specific regions in a country, for example northern Italy contributes for the most part (in Italy) and you can actually check the exact numbers somewhere, I guess on official sites

Gian J Yep

Finnish Finn chill

The EU gathers very specific data about European regions (you can find them on eurostats), which allows them to better manage EU funds and aid.

The GDP of Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, and the Czech Republic combined are already $7.2T (2018 IMF estimates for nominal GDP). Add to this the majority of Italy's $2.2T GDP (the South is really poor and unproductive compared to the north), portions of France's $2.9T and Poland's $0.6T, and all of Luxembourg and Slovenia and you will get to RLL's $9.2T. For a reference, the combined GDP of Germany, France, and Italy alone is $9.3T, so he certainly didn't add them in. As has been pointed out before, Eurostat collects and provides all sorts of data by statistical regions (NUTS1/2/3, with NUTS3 being the smallest subdivisions). This makes such estimates easy and reasonably precise.

@Louan Defar is it better now?

@Chronos I know but the borders of the HRE are messy unlike the Roman Empire.

Probably the second one is the most accurate, giving the total decline of religiosity

MREHA, MAKE ROMAN EMPIRE HOLY AGAIN??

Something like: *"Holly Hell, make the romans empire again.."*

Make the HRE what it was called again

Make America Holy Roman again.

What you mean disgusting borders? I think I prefer the CK2 one

leemurweeks same. Atleast there we can expand there empire easily and dynastic struggles

I seriously hate the fucking HRE in EU4. I just wish the Commonwealth would mass all their motherfucking winged hussars at the border and run the entire mess over.

@@apotato6278 That's pretty much what I did the last time I played as them.

Just wait until Austria decide tó reform the HRE

jampe1965 not the Vatican

@@s1dwyz732 Yes the Vatican, Rome was included in the top 5 most populated cities and The Vatican is located inside Rome

Yes, but the Vatican was not a part of the HRE. Its like today, the vatican is an own country and not part of italy

@@-Eisenfaust- But werent nearly all of the HRE 'countries' smaller states who named themselves undr the banner of the HRE? Youre saying the Vatican didnt want protection of the surrounding superpower from heden invasions?

@@-Eisenfaust- true, but its not about if they existed then, but which modern countries would be included

*holy roman crap

Çamaşır Suyu that also guarantees him no more traffic

FrozenNexus Ok but you have also a 25% chance of never spending any time in traffic again

Yeah, because you would be dead.

Yes. You'd spend twice as much due to the people going to funerals to mourn their loved ones.

Hungary is my favourite part of Austria.

That weird country with duchies principalities and kingdom it's a mess

You oeiole ang Hungary

Cat

@@MouldMadeMind These are two different countries

You'd first have to make the Italians and Germans actually agree on something *looks at world wars* Mhh... maybe...

Nah, uniting the EU is the only way that this could realistically happen (to some degree).

@@hafor2846 Nah, the EU would screw with people and enforce secularism.

@@chrisjohnson7872 That's bull

@@hafor2846 I wish, but it's not. Why would elected officials bow before the Pope? Especially when throughout history elected officials (and a lot of times dictators too) had the most conflicts with the Pope?

In Brazil it's called " sacro imperio Romano germanico "

More like *The Unholy German Federation* Nah, the Germans are only a mere plurality so it would be better fitting to call it *Kinda-Holy European Union*

In my country it's called a bunch of germans coming together.

The actual and correct "official" name of the state was Holy Roman Empire of German Nation. lul

Das Heilige Römische Reich Des Deutschen Volkes. So yes german empire.

We could just let each of the members of the EU appoint a prince-elector that is authorized to attend a meeting where they vote on who they will force the pope to coronate as Emperor of Rome, give that person a couple ceremonial powers, and we've got it done.

1/4? Are you kidding.. everybody freaked literal shit about this virus even though it barely killed anyone.. I would hate to see a real pandemic or crisis occur where even 1/10 of the world’s population died. People would not be able to handle it in the modern day. Too sheltered.

@@101trus 100% agree with you. COVID is a fucking joke, even this "resurgence" people are talking about now. Like 1.5% of people who get it die? And most of that number are the old sick or fat. Imagine telling this to people even 100 years ago, they would be like ROFL we have more than that die of..... um... EVERYTHING. Society today is just full of sheltered weak pussies.

Amadeusz Szymborski Don't forget little Liechtenstein!

And San Marino too!

And Monaco

Amadeusz Szymborski And Luxembourg ;(

yeah i forgot vatican city, san marino, and monaco

The Roman Empire at its height would include all of Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lybia, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, England and Wales, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, parts of Western Germany, and all of the Balkan states. It would definitely beat this HRE because it includes half of it, and Turkey, France, England, and Spain make up the difference and then some even without all the rest.

@@jensboettiger5286 time to cross the Rhine and teach these barbarians a lesson

Wtf do you mean, it would be more since it literally controls almost everything of the hre but further than east germany basically

Pootin how many Toyota corollas could fit in it?

Apple is not possible to move too heavy. Not makes sense

What do you mean *if*

Pootin your name though...

Stephanie Cheong of roosia

Graham Turner he Said it’s a collab

Splatter FX Really? Wow I wouldn't have known it without your help... Thank you

Ekn _38 You’re welcome

Glitch in the matrix

Dominic Perez no u

Faeb no u

λlεx VP no you

Mr. T no u

Dominic Perez i see what you did there. 😏

*Coyota Torolla*

Chaitanya Singh no u

Simon Kozlovič I think 33% atheists are the bigger problem

Chaitanya Singh k

Charlie wtf

Tom_Skip You're just proving his point lmao

No. And never say that to an Austrian :) Even worse, never make the same argument about the German speaking Swiss :) I'd even be careful around some Bavarians (many consider themselves Bavarian first, German second...or just citizens of Germany but not Germans).

Even more important: franks: dont call them bavarians, because they see themself frankish first, bavarian second and german last. Same counts for any freestate (saxons and thuringians too). :)

You are right alexandru the Comments are stupid, Austria is a German state the same Way prussia was and the Current 16 States in the german federal republic are. It buffles me how few people realize that germany isnt germany its the german federal republic a countrie Made up by german States. Austria is German, they just arent Part of the countrie formed by the prussians and its later succesor countries. But Austria is a German state the same way bavaria brandenburg Sachsen etc thats just a fact

@ TheCerbari: That's like saying that Belgians (Wallonians) are French. Austrians are (mostly) Germanic but they are not Germans just as Wallonians are not French. In a sense Germany is a federation of different Germanic nations, which does not include all of them. If understood in that way then Austrians are "Germans", where "German" becomes synonymous to "Germanic" in the same sense that "Slavic" or "Baltic" are used. Incidentally, these terms are not binary either. Russia is in many ways a lot more Slavic than the Czech republic and Austria is less German than Germany as both Austrians and Czechs mixed with the other peoples the way that Russians or Germans didn't - at least not to the same extent. As for "German Germans" (citizens of Germany), many of them feel like Germans first and then [name of the state]-ians second nowadays, but Bavarians are a notable exception and there are a few more. Similarly, in the early days after the American independence, the people in the US identified with their states rather than with the federation. They'd be (e.g.) Pennsylvanians first and Americans second. In Germany this sentiment lives on, since the history and identity of many German federal states is much older than the first British colonies in the New world and the unification wasn't exactly voluntary in some cases (conversely, unified Germany is about 100 years younger than the US and changed borders, regimes and even split into two and reunified again since then). For example Bavaria joined more or less only because they had an incompetent king who managed to ruin Bavaria financially (by building things like Neuschwanstein and spending lavish sums on arts) and because Austria was too weak by that point to protect Bavaria against Prussia.

+Trademark okay nice Text and you are pretty much right with Everything you say, yet germany is much older than the german Countrie formed by the prussians. People identified as germans In the holy Roman empire even if they were from bavaria for example. it was the Language that defined a German. And Austria is a German state thats Simply a fact and until the nazis most Austrians also identified as Germans even After the unification of the german Empire. (Eventhough i admit that there were nationalistic movements like Adolf hitlers Father was part of one who was against the Great German Solution and wanted Austria as a seperate countrie.) But people have different opinions and since the Fall of the nazis Austrians dont See themselves as germans anymore. But historically they are a German state. I mean guess Why the brothers war is called brothers war.

The world would be a dark and horrible place and probably would a lunatic hamster be the US president.

@@feuerderveranderung6056 Hmm, but this Is already Reality. But 🤔 Bielefeld doesn't exist...

Now we're asking the real questions.

Leon Piotr Wilk Bielefeld gibts nicht, das ist halt ein Fakt.

Leon Piotr Wilk Ja Bielefeld existiert halt nicht, das ist auch nicht so schwer zu verstehen.

B W Rome was actually part of the empire at one point too.

Bro written a whole book on history’s greatest entity

A já taky! (yup další čech :D)

Eliphas hehe :) I am neither Roman or Holy but who cares ? Deus Vult and Roma Invicta forever!

@Eliphas 『Over Heaven』 Deus Vult! Cleaning Europe from Mohammedans.

Same here

@@simonk.4338 Roma invicta but miss me with that carpenter god shit

Would be a good idea. Greetings from Vienna! :)

Yep They would be on the same level as China

You described the HRE

@@alejandroalba9410 Nah, the HRE was a bloated, infighting mess of kingdoms and duchies. It was defined almost more by its internal struggles than by its external influence. The HRE was a power to rival the French, Spanish, British and the Commonwealth but it was very rarely a dominant power. A unified HRE would be a global power totally unrivaled in European affairs.

@@zyairjames6758 o p i l e

They're still there.

mxviii But what he says in this video doesn’t make any sense! The HRE didn’t have a shared economy, each of the hundreds of states had its own military and it wasn’t even a military pact, so even if one of the states would be attacked, the others wouldn’t give a shit, so how can he still go on with describing it as if it was one singular power. Because the EU today is closer to each other than the HRE was when it existed

r/whooooosh

Le EXTRA funny meme He adapted to modern day's economy and political status. Weren't you think he would talk about feudalism, right?

Gus what’s the point of "adaption"? This is a centuries old empire, founded in a complete different time. You can’t just say "Hey, what if this "state" that has absolutely no resemblance to anything we have today, _just existed today_ ?! GREAT"

Mi United* due to the fact that it never really was one country more just a bunch of smaller states that didn't want to be invaded by France

Been a long time Mi

Mi Konosuba season 3 when?

Actually you wouldn't since the country Netflix hides its offshore bank accounts in would be absorbed by the empire

I read the thumbnail before the title and thought exactly that.

jo wandrini age of men

Tha God

El Kimpo why’d you say that?

He was from the carolingian empire,not the same thing

Just imagine putting one of the dead emperors on a golden throne to rule.

It's fine, the French will decimate you again just like in 1806.

Rip that man who was divided by .4

​@@darkflame1.067bruh

HRE:made by the french HRE:disolved by the french i guess the french didnt like what they created XD

@@dragnarok4286, the French did not create it, though.

@@adamthetired9319 Charlamagne created it Napoleon ended it

@@dragnarok4286, but Charlemagne was not French. He was a Frank.

"eastern roman empire (byzantium): I was the most holy" Say what now? It was most chrystian but definitaly not most holy.

THANK YOU

This is what Hema was talking about when he said Chibitalia and HRE would get a happy ending

OMGS F I N A L L Y

I clicked on this video just to see someone comment this 😂 thank you

@Иван Петрович dont summon the wherbs and kaiseraboos

@Иван Петрович KÖNIGSBERG

@@thefricking5407 Everyone is going to die someday

@Иван Петрович ты сам то был в Калининграде? Если ты не заметил, местные называют его Кёниг (с Кёнигсберга, но короче). Да и люди живущие в Кёниге симпатизируют немцам и балтийцам.

HipFire1 Retarded Sovietboos and Russophiles at it again, claiming territory that isnt Russia’s? So pathetic

Yeah we all definitely want a monarchy to dominate european politics

F R I T Z W I T T E At least a monarchy would be more stable than a republic.

Rocky Carlton maybe. But still I wouldn’t want to be suppressed by an emperor/Kaiser and neither would I want to live in the conditions of normal people (like me) in the Middle Age and I don’t think you would want that either...

Not sure you want an empire with someone who had a war with the ocean

F R I T Z W I T T E You know, there are monarchies which dont oppress the people.

Deus Vult! Pretty much XD

It would be a very large Islamic country tbh

Deus Vult! Well, that's no one's business but the Turks.

*Roman

but it would have istam.... sorry constantinople

Atlas But, by the time Voltaire made his famous comment it would have more accurately be described as the Nominally Christian German Confederation.

Super late reply but just because you call yourself Rome doesn't mean you are. Russia and the ottomans both did the same and they absolutely should not be considered a roman empire successor. The only legitimate successor was the eastern Roman empire/Byzantines until 1204 when the crusaders brutally destroyed it

You absolutely cannot make the argument that the HRE ever deserved to be known as Roman when it was: - Ruled by Germans - Primarily based in Germania - The Eastern Roman Empire was still alive and shared far more characteristics with classical Rome than the HRE most likely ever did Calling the HRE Roman is like calling America British: they have a couple similarities, but are ultimately very different and are by no means have any right to call themselves British when the UK exists

@@mrscoldarrow by the early Middle Ages, “Roman” was more than just “in or controlled by Rome”. “Rome” had evolved to be pretty much interchangeable with “empire” or “powerful”. Before the catastrophes of the 1200’s, the HRE was by far THE power of Europe, making it “Roman” in the sense it was Europe’s supreme empire and undeniable authority on the continent.

@@thomasfuller5932 Yes, and additionally the Holy Roman Rich was considered the legal successor of the Roman Rich.

Habsburgs are the best

Their taxes broke appart the Spanish Empire. None needs bloody Habsburgs.

@@pabloramos1022 Nah nerd your juan carlos the heretic broke it with his bourbons. "Taxes" my ass, without those taxes spain would have be in debt far worse than Greece's today. Inflation is a bitch.

Oh buddy, they're coming back, and they're coming for that dutch slave-trading booty :^)

@Hoàng Nguyên Yes and no. Yes, they plundered so much. No, it wasn't so much as plundering as it was milking it dry. Considering human sacrifice was popular amongst the Aztecs and heavily supported by the populace... There had to be sone way to punish them. Every other tribe willingly accepted servitude under the spaniards if it meant sending the Aztecs to hell.

It was but at a different time. If you want to include Southern Italy you would have to exclude some other land and the HRE would be smaller.

lol, seen it. then italy watches francis stab hre, and its all over from there-

I smell some anime reference

*cries in hetalia*

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Who??

USSR Gaming. The Kalmar Union, a political and dynastical union between Denmark, Norway and Sweden wich lasted between the XIV and XVI centuries.

USSR Gaming. Practically United Scandinavia

Ves Kas better tnx

Yes, please! It would be a pretty interesting video, considering how different in terms of power, size and demographics a modern Kalmar Union would be compared to other "What if ... reunited" videos RLL has done in the past.