The Little Country That Could

The Holy Roman Empire. As grandiose as it made itself seen, like Voltaire put it, it was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. In reality, after 1648, following the 30 years war, it was merily a collection of monarchies, only nominally, except in certain cases, under the Holy Roman Emperor, an office only nominally elective since the 14th century, with most of the time a Habsburg holding the throne.

As I mentioned, the Holy Roman Empire was a collection of monarchies, under princes, Dukes, bishops, and others, under the emperor's limited sovereignty. But what if something changed? What if, a prince with wild dreams, abolished the monarchy, in a tiny part of the Empire near the Netherlands, a new government arose? One, that, for years wouldn't change the world significantly, but would change its people's lives. This is a story of the Little Country that Could. The little country that could resist massive invasions, yet voluntarily fall under suzerainty of others. The little country that could make a new government, but reach out to others. The little country that didn't change much outside, but respected itself. This is that little country's story. The story of Volkstat.(NOTE:This is an imagining of an imaginary country that I, if I had future knowledge and became a holy roman child, would wish to make.This is just for fun, and mostly includes info about the Ratsrepublik der Volkstat, and it's numerous forms.)