75 votes, 32 comments. what suck though is that once you get the hre as all your vassals you get the -2 dip rep. but at that point it really shouldn't matter that much. Jun 14, 2017 @ 10:30am.

© Valve Corporation. As you all know the region of the Kingdom of Italy needs to be inside the HRE before 1490 or else all provinces within that region will leave.

Restarts if they have allies you can't deal with, declare war on their allies and take their land eating the unjustified penalties, etc.

Español - Latinoamérica (Spanish - Latin America).

can't remember at what point that happened but is was amazing. Can you play as Austria and have good enough relations with the papal state so that they join the HRE voluntarily in the latest update like you can with Naples?

Take their things, declare peace on both, and then wait.

not that interesting really. No, in the most recent patch, nations whom are not duchies will not join the HRE. 1.

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If you are adjacent to a HRE state, (As in your capital is), then click your capital province, and click the 2 headed eagle, symbolizing the HRE called "Join the HRE/Add province to the HRE".

Ally Papal ally's, call them into war against whoever, then go after the papacy while their allies can't come. All rights reserved. So I'm trying to learn how the HRE works, and I am trying to join it as the papal state. The chances of the AI Papal state joining or slim to none.

You + hungary can typically do it.

It was last verified for Become an elector in the HRE as a country which does not start as elector.Overthrow Austria and become the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.Have 7 Free Cities in the Empire, none of which is of a Germanic culture.As either the Papal States or the Emperor, have the Papal States as an Elector while the HRE is officially Catholic./Europa Universalis … Under the icon is a number which shows the Authority of the current reigning Emperor.Within the interface are a number of shields of various sizes representing members of the HRE. It isn't meant to be easy.

Unless you play as the Papal state and request to join.

even had an habsburg as an heir in england but he didn't make it to the throne. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Español - Latinoamérica (Spanish - Latin America). Yes the Papal state can technically join the HRE but if you are not playing as them and expect them to join.... don't hold your breath for it. Very carefully. I had a bit of luck though. not playing that save that much anymore, because with the vassal swarm and all those PU's it's just a matter of managing vassal feeding and coring.