And so it is done, Napoleon has succeeded in his conquest of Europe. The Continental Block reins supreme for all to see. Now it was a matter of holding his Territories, and for the Confederation of the Rhine, he would delegate it to an old friend. One, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, A long name shortened to Karl. Karl had a son named Otto, and in 1836, Karl died, making Sixteen year old Otto King of the Confederation. Otto rule was long and semi-prosperous, making deals with the USA and of course, France. Economically, the Confederation wasn't fully modernized and over time, slowly fell out of the race for the greatest Economic Power. In 1870 Otto has a daughter, his only ever offspring, naming her Cleo after Cleopatra, something he learned from Napoleon's works from his trip to Egypt. Cleo was always an Unruly girl and was usually left alone. She was raised by books she read and the libraries of the Palace in Frankfurt were very... Nationalistic... making Cleo very prideful as one could say. Ever since 1883 the Confederacy has been mostly under control of Cleo and Her Mother. They turned the Confederation into a powerful economic powerhouse, and a rival to even places like Italy and Spain, places which under Otto, they would never dream to eclipse. Yet the way they accomplished this was... unconventional... using "The Ends Justify The Means" type of logic. Now in 1887, Otto is bedridden, on his deathbed, and Cleo couldn't be any happier.. Yet a surprise would come from the current Emperor of France, a gift... You