Opinions on the Holy Roman Empire?

Somehow they managed to last a millennium with a messy power structure and a decentralized federal monarchy, which I find fascinating. Other than that, I’m indifferent.
 
it was the first reich
Not a Christian so I don’t care for it.
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Just a mishmash of backstabbing, power-grabbing noble houses all pretending to be something they weren't. The so-called Emperor was mostly just a figurehead with little actual power. The whole thing collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions, and yet some people still treat it like it was the pinnacle of medieval glory when it wasn't even close.
 
haven't heard much of it but its apparent by the map and the duration of it that it was probably semi-anarchic
 
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