When was Austrian Empire (or even Holy Roman Empire itself) shrunk to Austrian Archduchy only? Have I missed some events again?
Also, RIP Cronstedt, it's nice that were getting rid of strange bonuses added after the game already started
I messed up on my part. I knew that Francis II was Emperor of the HRE, but I incorrectly assumed that "that means Austria = Empire". Austria was in fact an Archduchy up until the dissolution of the HRE. Francis then remade Austria into it's own empire in order to make up the rank from Duke (technically) back to Emperor. I would edit the game thread but... FSE.
Also some nations might get a bonus should their generals do exceptionally well. Has to be exceptional though. Like... John Moore rolling a 30 to Napoleon's 1 exceptional for example. Or a particular person winning seemingly every battle. These should be extremely rare though.