Kaiser Heinrich:

Right then, it seems that if I take a well-deserved decade-long vacation, the Reich falls apart around me! As such, I see that it is time to reverse our losses and perhaps add some territories to the Reich as well to prolong and even perhaps fully prevent our inevitable downfall once I expire for good. I shall use my remaining time to set an example for all of you to follow and duplicate once I am gone.

Now, I have outlined a preliminary strategy that I believe will successfully and efficiently deal with this problem at hand. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or alterations:

1. I move west, use my absolutely modest but relatively fantastic wealth to hire the local bands of mercenaries.
2. We kill everything.

Now then Good Electors, I believe that there are some offices to be filled. I will hear your deliberations and nominations for those positions and at the same time carefully ruminate on who I want for Chancellor and Steward.

Our reconquest begins now!