Unholy German Clusterfuck

A far more accurate name given to the historical mess of states that made up the "Holy Roman Empire". Often shortened to the HRE, the Holy Roman Empire was a collection of states that made what is now Germany and northern Italy, neither of those include the city of Rome so that's one strike, the Protestant reformation basically split the HRE in two so that's another strike. Lastly there was never any real semblance of Imperial Authority and it was just a huge clusterfuck for most of it's existence. 3 Strikes and your out.