General Information
Zürich is a Swiss Free City within the HRE that is playable from February 28, 1218 to May 1, 1351, where Zurich joins 
Switzerland.
See also: Switzerland, 
Francia, 
Swabia, 
Italy
Strategy
Decisions
Form 
Germany
Requirements:
- Primary culture is in the Germanic Culture Group except:
- Dutch, Flemish, Anglo-Saxon, and Austrian
- Is not:
- Germany does not exist
- Administrative Technology at Least 20
- Is not a subject nation
- Is not a nomad nation
- Is not the Holy Roman Emperor
- At Peace
- Owns Core Province: Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Altmark, Lüneburg, Brunswick, Anhalt, Saxony, Leipzig, Thüringen, Nürnberg and Alsace or Königsberg
Upon Enactment:
- Country changes to Germany
- Gain25 Prestige
- Gain a permanent claim on the German Region
- Set government rank to Empire.
- Gain country modifier Increased Centralization for 20 years:
- -0.05 Monthly Autonomy Change
- +1 National Unrest
- -0.05
German Ideas and Traditions
Traditions:
- +10% Infantry Combat Ability
- −25% Mercenary Maintenance
Ideas:
- Zunft: +10% Production Efficiency
- Fruhlings und Herbstmesse: +10% Domestic Trade Power & +5% Trade Efficiency
- Reichskreis: +1 Diplomatic Reputation
- Polizeiordnung: -1 National Unrest
- Cuius Regio, Eius Religio: +1% Missionary Strength
- Thurn und Taxis: +1 Diplomatic Relations
- Residenzstadt: +1 Yearly Prestige
Ambitions:
- -5% Tech Cost