Denmark. Same shit. Idk, man, you owned Visby, isn't that like, a win condition? Visby is cool af.
Because I'm feeling nostalgic, I thought I'd share a post I had ready for when Savoy would accept my peace proposal.
Spoiler
The Republic of the SwissThe Swiss Republic announces its preparation to better secure the republic's border. To begin, the Republic will extend the previously announced five forts to include walls bridging between correspondingly neighboring mountain passes, ensuring the only points of entries are the designated gates. It will also refurbish those five forts to accommodate space for the storage and usage of multiple forms of gunpowder artillery, ranging in size and firepower. This model will be continued in an additional two new fortresses in the provinces of Valais and Vaud, and an additional third to protect the city of Geneva.
Upon the completion of these forts, construction will then focus towards fortifying the passages between mountain passes along the Republic's boarder. This is to ensure trafficking of trade is optimal, that border tolls are paid for, that trade is secure and crime-free, and that the protection of the Republic of the Swiss's boarders are optimal. Additionally, the south, west, and southwest borders will see six small forts along the wall that allow trade and traffic to efficiently enter and exit the Republic without difficult routes. These six small forts will be constructed one at a time, as to allow focus and assessment of supplies efficiently, and give experience to the workers to more efficiently build castles in the future. These fortification products are expected to be done by the year fourteen-fifty.
Lastly, the Republic announces the Bern-Zürich canals, a system inspired by the city of Venice. These canals will give inhabitants an alternative way of traveling throughout the two cities, allow for waste removal, and should ensure that Swiss life in the two cities will be happier and healthier, as well as more efficient. Water will arrive via aqueducts from the Alps, and the excess water will be channeled to the fields of Switzerland, helping to water and fertilize crop fields.
(White, collection; Blue, delivery; Green, excess)
The Republic ensures that these are the best steps that can be currently taken to ensure the growth of the Republic of the Swiss moving forward, both in economics and stability. It council remains determined in belief that the city of Zürich can become the successful trading center it has always meant to be, and promptly requests neighboring states to consider Swiss made products.
The Republic of the Swiss
Board and Council It's a good example of how I sacrificed a lot of my income to essentially be in a rut for a few years, but afterwards I would make a ton of moolah and security from those investments. IE. My trade would be great in cities like Bern, Zürich, Geneva, etc., the prosperity would be extremely high due to the irrigation, and my lands would be fortified heavily, both increasing its security against attackers quite substantially (the outer-ring of forts+wall on top of the already several forts in Switzerland), as well as the security for traders and merchants, meaning more caravans may stop there to rest and exchange goods. Plus having Roman-esque aqueducts and Venician-esque canals everywhere on top of the military security, Swiss culture would flourish, meaning more jingoism than I already had. But until those things were built, I was just as rich or poor as the next state my size, because that's where all my money was going.
As for the HRE elections, I think it was decided on like ever year or so. I could be wrong on that, though.