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also it happens to me that when i order that all HRE became vassals, the 90% was already
so i get the rest and only one or two revolt.
it was so huge my empire when i unificated that i get bored xD
tl;dr: Bohemia 1399, keep extremely low infamy, high relations with all empire members.
> Try keep low BB.
> Vassal the hell out of German states.
> Weaken your eastern border nations. You want the Horde to break them and annex them.
> Use superior TEchnology and troops from HRE and vassal to fight and beat Golden horde. Not only is this an easy way to get territory but you get either 5 or 10 Imperial authority (I forget which) for each victory.
After that I'd suggest continuing south until you come through China. Don't wanna go for the West and destroy any possible competition before it can get an empire going.
Also, Royal Marriages. Royal marriages everywhere.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?579053-Blitzkrieg-HRE-formation
Essentially you need to get a lot of vassals, especially the electors, to ensure their loyalty. Having low BB, high diplomacy, excellent imperial authority and so forth does not ensure your control over the HRE, and even vassals are not enough -- more than one of my vassals voted against me, even with 200 relations, crazy diplomatic power, no BB and 100 prestige. The numbers underneath the system basically demand you have the loyalty of everyone in some very stringent form of another beyond just playing nice as Bohemia.
Want HRE? Wars will be on the horizon. A lot.
Once I became Emporer and Austria lost it Bohemia attacked Austria. The attack essentially crippled the Austrians and allowed me to build up a large army with the HR Emporer perks. From there I just joined in every war and made sure to convert every protestant HRE member.
1. Keep an eye on all Casus Belli and prioritize the ones that contain would-be nations with Royal Marriage options, so you can spring them loose.
2. Use the Pause button a lot on this one, and TIMING is critical, once you Sue for Peace and break out that new nation: a. Immediate Royal Marriage the moment after they become a new nation, b)At the moment your Diplomat arrives and you can send another, make them an offer to become a Vassal, c)In some instances the relationship may be soured from the last time you fought them, so you may have to perform some bribery by sending cash to raise relations to 190+ but you must race, because you are against other nations who may also become an Ally -- and those extra alliances can lower chances of them accepting becoming a Vassal.
Having all these worker bees as vassals quickly adds up so you can easily perform the next step, making every single voting nation of the HRE -- into a Vassal. I've played most games with every Voter nation being my Vassal (or at worst - an ally).
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Separately, once you start the game, see who the HRE Voting members are - even without justification, if you're a single province country that can raise back Stability quickly -- take the -2 Stability penalty if needed to force each of the small 1-province voters to become vassals, take the Infamy penalty. Again, little Luneberg or Saxony or any of the central 1-province nations can easily grow to become Emperor by simply taking over the voters as Vassals. Their status as Vassal outweighs the Infamy penalties, along with +200 relationship that is normal as a starting Vassal, so that's 200+250 points 450 total voting in your favor, so unless your Infamy is over 30, you're a sure vote-in as Emperor if you hold 4+ voters as Vassals.
Becoming Emperor is pretty easy too - just vassalize a bunch of states.