[quote=@Ophidian]
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How does this translate into leading the biggest religion in the world-and the immense power that comes with it?
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Well, lol at the Papal States. For the longest time, they were the leaders of the biggest religion in Western Europe. If you want, it could be Autocephalous so more power is delegated to the individual nations