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Explanation: The Holy Roman Empire was a medieval-to-early-modern polity centered in modern day Germany.
Despite the name, it's often observed that it was not particularly Holy - up to and including getting into disputes with the Pope, despite being a Catholic polity - that it was not Roman, being a German-dominated polity, and that it was not much of an Empire, since it was more a collection of princely states who ignored the Emperor whom they elected whenever it suited them.
Yes, but what if we tried again and again until it worked?
I've said this sentence aloud an embarrassing amount