A Game of Chess

The Polish Commonwealth has historically been a powerful nation with a weak governing body. Things have been made worse when a series of conquests made by a succession of kings hungry for glory leaves the empire with a faltering economy, angry and a practically empty manpower reserve. To make matters worse, the Scandinavian Empire is pushing in from the North posing a threat to the Commonwealth's Baltic coast provinces. Furthermore, the Commonwealth, the current ruling nation of the Holy Roman Empire, must find a way to push the Dutch out of HRE lands without declaring full out war with England and Scandinavia being involved, which would lead to a very large and disastrous war for Poland and her allies. Not to mention that the peasants are ready to rise up against the monarchy and overthrow serdom, the system that the Commonwealth relies on stay alive. With the clock ticking down for the Commonwealth, difficult choices will have to be made in order to maintain balance in Europe.