''I shall never be as powerful as the likes of you.'' France gave a reproachful hum. ''𝘈𝘮𝑒́𝘳𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦, you are but thirty years old. I am well over eight hundred. 𝘗𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦...almost three hundred.'' My eyes drifted downward, where Prussia's army continued to parade across the palace courtyard. A sense of longing filled my chest. ''Even so...'' ☰★☰ In which history, romance, and politics collide. ACT I: The Rise (1776-1899) ACT II: The Wars (1900-1945) ACT III: The Peak (1946-1989) ACT IV: The Fall (1990-2003)