I’m playing PEASANT REPUBLIC FLORENCE trying to spread PEASANT IMPERIALISM (I own all of Tuscany from the Papal States up to Lucca) and I’ve been prestigemaxxing the ENTIRE GAME just so that I can ask the HRE to make me a Duchy

well guess what? there’s been no Holy Roman Emperor for like 20 fucking years now! like literally since the start of the dang game! ahhhh!