government = imperial_city
government_rank = 1
mercantilism = 25
technology_group = western
religion = catholic
primary_culture = hannoverian
capital = 1874	# Bremen
historical_friend = HSA # Lübeck
historical_friend = HAM # Hamburg
historical_friend = RIG # Riga

1356.1.1 = {
	monarch = {
		name = "Stadtrat"
		adm = 3
		dip = 3
		mil = 3
		regent = yes
	}
}

1532.1.1 = { religion = protestant }

1806.7.12 = { government = administrative_republic }