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Does anybody here know, why exactly HRE named himself like that?
I guess, the most would answer with no, so I provide you with some facts about our most favorite chibi :3
(I hope, it is visible, that he is supposed to be very young? He kind of looks very old, like already 15 ôo)

Some facts:
HRE came officially into excistence when Otto I., earl of Saxony, was crowned emperor in the year 962. It didn't really started excisting then, because the borders were still topic for a lot of wars and the name itself was used even later. In the 10th century, it got the addition "Holy" to it's name "Roman Empire", to differ itself from the Byzantine Empire, which also claimed to be the successor of the original Roman Empire.
There were multiple reasons for the rulers to call their land like this. The easy and also obvious one was to make others connect their kingdom with the famous and strong Roman Empire. There are also notes that some hoped that the hostile countries (like France) might surrender and become part of them, since they as rightful successor to the Roman Empire might also have the right to claim the land that was once part of the antic country and become the leaders of the world (since the Roman Empire owned pretty much all that the antique world knew as "the world".

But, and this is a fact that is quite interesting:
There is also a fact about the name, that is probably not that well-known and shows the kind of dedication of the country to christianity and mankind.
While America "believes" he is the hero and saviour, Holy Roman Empire "knew" it was.
Why?
In the Book of Daniel, which is part of the Old Testament, is a prophecy named. It says that with the downfall of the four great kingdoms, the Anti-Christ shall come to earth and bring the end of the world.
The first kingdom was the kingdom of Babylon. The others were unclear, but most people agreed later, that the second kingdom was the persian empire, the third one was Macedonia and the fourth and last one was the Roman Empire (based on the fact, that the prophecy states, that the last empire is a splitted one, which fits the splitting of Rome in the year 395, when it was parted in west and east Rome and had two emperors instead of one).
So, with the downfall of the Roman Empire, the last kingdom before the apocalypse, many people were horribly scared about the return of the Anti-Christ.
And it happened, that HRE called himself Roman Empire, to revive that important kingdom and stop the apocalypse.
The "Holy" that was added later was simply, to show that it was a godsend country with emperors chosen by god, but didn't have anything to do with the main name.

Some more facts:
For reasons I don't understand, there seems to be difficulty in knowing, if HRE became Germany or not.
So some random side not about that.
YES, HRE is the former name of Germany.
The Holy Roman Empire had grown and shrunk on occasional basis, but often because of the involvement of France.
When Napoleon became the emperor of France, Franz II. crowned himself Emperor of Austria, to become a power to stand against the french. But the Archchancellor of HRE, Karl Theodor von Dalberg, decided that the uncle of Napoleon may be his successor when he dies. Horrified from that news the goverment itself took various measures which finally led to the "downfall" of the Holy Roman Empire. The counts and earls of the sub-countries that had been part of HRE then formed a bond called "German Confederation". This "country" used the flag colors of today for the very first time (black-red-gold). The Confederation was meant to block the hostility between Prussia and Austria, but was too weak and the Confederation broke after the "Seven Week War". It parted in various bonds, like the "North German Confederation" and the independand states in the south like the kingdom of Bavaria. Prussia became part of the North German Confederation and became it's main country and leader. Austria stayed outside of any german related bonds.
After the german kingdoms of the south were forced to stop having monachry after the first World War, they became a democracy (which ironically invited the future nazi regime into the goverment) and, after merging with Prussia, became todays Germany.
So, even though the borders are not exactly the same, HRE is pretty much one of the former names for todays Germany and can thus probably be seen as "Germany as a kid".

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I dedicate this picture to my friend Reaven, who just deserved a new picture of HRE, after my first try (from last year or something) had been a pretty fail

Description
Does anybody here know, why exactly HRE named himself like that?
I guess, the most would answer with no, so I provide you with some facts about our most favorite chibi :3
(I hope, it is visible, that he is supposed to be very young? He kind of looks very old, like already 15 ôo)

Some facts:
HRE came officially into excistence when Otto I., earl of Saxony, was crowned emperor in the year 962. It didn't really started excisting then, because the borders were still topic for a lot of wars and the name itself was used even later. In the 10th century, it got the addition "Holy" to it's name "Roman Empire", to differ itself from the Byzantine Empire, which also claimed to be the successor of the original Roman Empire.
There were multiple reasons for the rulers to call their land like this. The easy and also obvious one was to make others connect their kingdom with the famous and strong Roman Empire. There are also notes that some hoped that the hostile countries (like France) might surrender and become part of them, since they as rightful successor to the Roman Empire might also have the right to claim the land that was once part of the antic country and become the leaders of the world (since the Roman Empire owned pretty much all that the antique world knew as "the world".

But, and this is a fact that is quite interesting:
There is also a fact about the name, that is probably not that well-known and shows the kind of dedication of the country to christianity and mankind.
While America "believes" he is the hero and saviour, Holy Roman Empire "knew" it was.
Why?
In the Book of Daniel, which is part of the Old Testament, is a prophecy named. It says that with the downfall of the four great kingdoms, the Anti-Christ shall come to earth and bring the end of the world.
The first kingdom was the kingdom of Babylon. The others were unclear, but most people agreed later, that the second kingdom was the persian empire, the third one was Macedonia and the fourth and last one was the Roman Empire (based on the fact, that the prophecy states, that the last empire is a splitted one, which fits the splitting of Rome in the year 395, when it was parted in west and east Rome and had two emperors instead of one).
So, with the downfall of the Roman Empire, the last kingdom before the apocalypse, many people were horribly scared about the return of the Anti-Christ.
And it happened, that HRE called himself Roman Empire, to revive that important kingdom and stop the apocalypse.
The "Holy" that was added later was simply, to show that it was a godsend country with emperors chosen by god, but didn't have anything to do with the main name.

Some more facts:
For reasons I don't understand, there seems to be difficulty in knowing, if HRE became Germany or not.
So some random side not about that.
YES, HRE is the former name of Germany.
The Holy Roman Empire had grown and shrunk on occasional basis, but often because of the involvement of France.
When Napoleon became the emperor of France, Franz II. crowned himself Emperor of Austria, to become a power to stand against the french. But the Archchancellor of HRE, Karl Theodor von Dalberg, decided that the uncle of Napoleon may be his successor when he dies. Horrified from that news the goverment itself took various measures which finally led to the "downfall" of the Holy Roman Empire. The counts and earls of the sub-countries that had been part of HRE then formed a bond called "German Confederation". This "country" used the flag colors of today for the very first time (black-red-gold). The Confederation was meant to block the hostility between Prussia and Austria, but was too weak and the Confederation broke after the "Seven Week War". It parted in various bonds, like the "North German Confederation" and the independand states in the south like the kingdom of Bavaria. Prussia became part of the North German Confederation and became it's main country and leader. Austria stayed outside of any german related bonds.
After the german kingdoms of the south were forced to stop having monachry after the first World War, they became a democracy (which ironically invited the future nazi regime into the goverment) and, after merging with Prussia, became todays Germany.
So, even though the borders are not exactly the same, HRE is pretty much one of the former names for todays Germany and can thus probably be seen as "Germany as a kid".

___________________________________

I dedicate this picture to my friend Reaven, who just deserved a new picture of HRE, after my first try (from last year or something) had been a pretty fail