What are the pros and cons from removing a province from the HRE?
I play as Venice, which is not part of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE), but is surrounded by provinces that are. Conquering those provinces will not remove them from the HRE, but you can do it manually.
I know it will "upset the Emperor", but not by how much. If I remove several provinces, will the negative opinion modifier stack? Will other member states care? What about non-members?
Will it affect local rebels?
Also, I guess it will remove the "unlawful imperial territory" event, but that only fires on provinces which are not cored anyway.
What are the pros and cons from removing a province from the HRE?
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In addition to DMK's answer, some additional notes:
- Removal of province from HRE reduces imperial authority by 1 -- not the best way to destabilize the current emperor, but if significant swaths of land are to be removed, that can change the course of events. Conversely, if you plan to become emperor yourself, remove all possible provinces from HRE if IA is zero -- adding them again after becoming emperor will give you 1 IA per province.
- The Emperor gets "Imperial Liberation" CB after declined request for returning of unlawful territory for 60 months, which is a low-AE, low-cost, high-prestige CB to liberate the HRE provinces in question.
- The Emperor has a permanent Imperial Ban CB against non-members holding territory. If the emperor doesn't have other CBs against you, this effectively precludes them from starting an aggression against you (of course, it doesn't affect their participating as allies in other conflicts).
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Should you remove provinces from the HRE?
Removal of province from HRE reduces imperial authority by 1 -- not the best way to destabilize the current emperor, but if significant swaths of land are to be removed, that can change the course of events.What does leaving the HRE do?
Leave HRE: At the bottom left is a button for those who have had enough of the Emperor's meddling in their lives. Selecting to Leave HRE will take the member's nation out of the Empire and remove all of its provinces from the Empire.Should you stay in the HRE EU4?
you leave the hre when you form italy so it's better to leave now. leaving hurts your relations with austria but the alliance should hold. staying in the hre hurts your relations with the other italian states and gives - 2 or 3 unrest.Should I leave HRE as Prussia?
General. I would say stay in. The mission still support expansion into Germany so you would have to constantly go to war with the emperor unless you dismantle the HRE. If you ally the emperor or keep the relationship above 150 he usually doesn't demand the territory back.EU4 Dismantle HRE Guide I How To Dismantle The HRE In 5 Years!
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