Most of the German states bordering me are in my sphere, and Prussia has been one foot in the grave for two decades now... By the end of the game, I may form a Greater Germanic Group, with South German as the primary and the capital being Munich.
I love HM's Government too much to pass it up, though. My POPs, despite loving Jingoism [a requirement for a nation being invaded once every five years from all sides] they always vote for the anti-military liberal party, and I have to set them straight.
Unfortunately, promotion is so much slower than demotion and my focus on making my people successful has led to me lagging behind in industry... though Bohemia and Moravia are full of despondent, unemployed workers who flock to factories. Yay.
It's not fun having your capital next to a highly aggressive Austria, but I can't resist eating their South German-filled states. This is the first game I had two National Focuses within the first fifty years, let alone four in forty!