hre

>>413839
>finland is the heir to the roman empire

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that's fucking awesome.

all Feudal states were like that, only difference is that whereas the kingdoms managed to consolidate their state, the empire just split up to several different kingdoms.

>>413922
might as well

>>413839
>Finland is heir of RE
>Finland has claims on whole Europe
Kek

>>413839
>can it be called a state

Nope, because the term state first became used to describe administrative bodies based in reason that were thought up by Enlightenment thinkers.

It says it in the name, the Holy Roman EMPIRE.
It was an empire.

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>>414622
>It was an empire.

>>413922
HRE is a meme these days anyway so it kind of fits.

>>414912
Memes aren't reality, friend :,)

>>414933
That isn't true, the HRE is pretty important and people like you and >>414912 are plebs.

>>414933
>these days
Yeah, on /his/.

>>414912
Empire: an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state.

>>414622
this

>>414622
It actually started to be used in the 13th century to describe the state of a polity
And why can't we call it a state just because it doesn't meet the Enlightenment definition?

>>414945
>>414933
>>414912
wait.. why isnt the holy roman empire an empire?

>>414912
>wait.. why isnt the holy roman empire an empire?
It may not have been roman, or holy, but at the very least it was an empire as >>414947
and >>414622 stated

>>414961
It was.
Barely between the 30 Years War and its dissolution, but prior to that, it certainly was.

>>414961
Because le ebin voltaire

>>414961
Meme magic

>>414572
>Implying it doesn't

>>413839
>Holy
>Roman
>Empire

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>>413839
hey guys, whats going on in this thread?

>>413839
Assmad fin detected

>>414961
did they even have an Imperial army?

>>418279
Sometimes.