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[–] 12818338? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

There were no "states" or "nations" as we know them today in 1000 AD. The feudal system was rather blurry on geographical details, and rather defined by feudal liege-vassel relations between people then by area, down to knights and the freemen and bondsmen within their knight's fee. Ecclestial holdings scattered through all of Europe that weren't directly integrated into the temporal political system blurred matters and exact borders further.

And particularly the Holy Roman Empire was very fuzzy and constantly oscillating around its edges, being an united and unified nation more in theory than in practice - day-to-day politics was rather decided by the prince-electors, and the Kaiser was largely powerless but for the power of declaring imperial free cities.

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[–] TheRealMaestro [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The heavily decentralised nature of mediaeval power is noted by the cartographer: indeed, such allows Germany, Italy and Bohemia to be listed as extant despite existing under one crown. Still, many nations of our day already existed in one form or another even at this early time.