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PoD: The Maiestas Carolina is passed by Charles IV against the Bohemian Diet's wishes.

Scenario: The Maiestas Carolina was a law code introduced by Charles IV of Bohemia, which was meant to increase the power of the monarchy. It was part of his plan to connect his recently acquired domains in Luxemburg to Bohemia by taking over territories in Franconia and Thuringia. However, quickly after Charles forced it through the government, the Bohemian Diet did all they could to stop it from taking effect, causing him to have little gains throughout his lifetime. It was only after his son Wenceslaus IV became king that he was able to achieve his dream of building and consolidating the HRE. With more power to the king of Bohemia, Wenceslaus managed to avoid being deposed and arrested multiple times, sacrificing the rights of the nobles for the expansion of the military. His son, Charles V, and his son Charles VI, both managed to uphold the legacy of Wenceslaus, unifying Bavaria through royal marriages and expanding north into Wurzburg. In 1471, two years before ascending to the throne, Charles VI's wife gave birth to a boy, the only heir to the Bohemian monarchy. Charles died an untimely death due to a revolt by the nobles, leading to his 8-year-old son taking the throne. The former prince's regent was just as inept as the boy, and the other principalities saw the internal trouble as a chance to go to war with the ever-expanding Bohemia. However, the principalities soon fell into war with one another, and the claim to the Holy Roman throne soon went uncontested, especially after the defeat of Mansfeld and Burgau.

After this, the emperors of Bohemia began to have dreams of uniting the entire HRE under their rule. Soon after the "First Imperial Civil War", King Ambroz II declared war on the principalities of Bremen and Brunswick-Luneburg, slowly draining them of their army in a gruesome eleven-year war. The Bohemian army swept through and occupied the region. Soon after came the colonies in Teodusia, a continent to the west discovered by a Polish sailor in 1481. Their gains may have been delayed due to the wars in the HRE, but they quickly took over swaths of land in the former Aztec Empire, as well as claiming the "Southern Islands" (thought to be islands due to myth, in reality Argentina and Uruguay) for themselves. Due to the focus on colonization, Bohemia was forced to loosen their rule a bit more, and their goals shifted slightly. Instead of uniting the HRE under a single identity, they instead wanted to reform the HRE to fit their needs, basically becoming the leaders with every other principality being forced to listen to them. Parts of Germany not under Bohemian rule were reorganized into confederations, which made them easier to puppetize. Bohemian rule over Brabant was abdicated in favor of an indirect system, while the Paderborn Confederation, a state Bohemia directly bordered, was absorbed instead. However, only a few years after the mindset shift came the Second Imperial Civil War, in which the principalities of Brunswick, Thuringia, and the Palatanate all withdrew from the HRE, causing many other principalities within Bohemia to follow. The rebellion was quickly squashed, and borders were reorganized in the Treaty of Laa. Semi-independent kingdoms within the borders of the Empire were absorbed, such as Magdeburg and Mark, while they also worked out some border arrangements with Austriah and Stettin. The largest change to come from the Treaty was the abolishing of principalities and free cities, instead opting for a more federal arrangement with Bohemia at the center (organized in a way that the rebellious areas wouldn't be able to secede again). They thought of calling themselves the German Empire, but decided not to as to show their desired ethnic domination over the region. The more divided areas outside Bohemia were grouped together to form various larger puppet kingdoms, like Munster and Lauenburg. By 1650, Germany is basically united by a nearly foreign power. Will they ever be deposed?

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PoD: The Maiestas Carolina is passed by Charles IV against the Bohemian Diet's wishes.

Scenario: The Maiestas Carolina was a law code introduced by Charles IV of Bohemia, which was meant to increase the power of the monarchy. It was part of his plan to connect his recently acquired domains in Luxemburg to Bohemia by taking over territories in Franconia and Thuringia. However, quickly after Charles forced it through the government, the Bohemian Diet did all they could to stop it from taking effect, causing him to have little gains throughout his lifetime. It was only after his son Wenceslaus IV became king that he was able to achieve his dream of building and consolidating the HRE. With more power to the king of Bohemia, Wenceslaus managed to avoid being deposed and arrested multiple times, sacrificing the rights of the nobles for the expansion of the military. His son, Charles V, and his son Charles VI, both managed to uphold the legacy of Wenceslaus, unifying Bavaria through royal marriages and expanding north into Wurzburg. In 1471, two years before ascending to the throne, Charles VI's wife gave birth to a boy, the only heir to the Bohemian monarchy. Charles died an untimely death due to a revolt by the nobles, leading to his 8-year-old son taking the throne. The former prince's regent was just as inept as the boy, and the other principalities saw the internal trouble as a chance to go to war with the ever-expanding Bohemia. However, the principalities soon fell into war with one another, and the claim to the Holy Roman throne soon went uncontested, especially after the defeat of Mansfeld and Burgau.

After this, the emperors of Bohemia began to have dreams of uniting the entire HRE under their rule. Soon after the "First Imperial Civil War", King Ambroz II declared war on the principalities of Bremen and Brunswick-Luneburg, slowly draining them of their army in a gruesome eleven-year war. The Bohemian army swept through and occupied the region. Soon after came the colonies in Teodusia, a continent to the west discovered by a Polish sailor in 1481. Their gains may have been delayed due to the wars in the HRE, but they quickly took over swaths of land in the former Aztec Empire, as well as claiming the "Southern Islands" (thought to be islands due to myth, in reality Argentina and Uruguay) for themselves. Due to the focus on colonization, Bohemia was forced to loosen their rule a bit more, and their goals shifted slightly. Instead of uniting the HRE under a single identity, they instead wanted to reform the HRE to fit their needs, basically becoming the leaders with every other principality being forced to listen to them. Parts of Germany not under Bohemian rule were reorganized into confederations, which made them easier to puppetize. Bohemian rule over Brabant was abdicated in favor of an indirect system, while the Paderborn Confederation, a state Bohemia directly bordered, was absorbed instead. However, only a few years after the mindset shift came the Second Imperial Civil War, in which the principalities of Brunswick, Thuringia, and the Palatanate all withdrew from the HRE, causing many other principalities within Bohemia to follow. The rebellion was quickly squashed, and borders were reorganized in the Treaty of Laa. Semi-independent kingdoms within the borders of the Empire were absorbed, such as Magdeburg and Mark, while they also worked out some border arrangements with Austriah and Stettin. The largest change to come from the Treaty was the abolishing of principalities and free cities, instead opting for a more federal arrangement with Bohemia at the center (organized in a way that the rebellious areas wouldn't be able to secede again). They thought of calling themselves the German Empire, but decided not to as to show their desired ethnic domination over the region. The more divided areas outside Bohemia were grouped together to form various larger puppet kingdoms, like Munster and Lauenburg. By 1650, Germany is basically united by a nearly foreign power. Will they ever be deposed?