Not really. While there was a Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, it was neither an empire nor a national one; people identified much more with their local

Not really. While there was a Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, it was neither an empire nor a national one; people identified much more with their local land or town than some nation. There was no Italy. Some nations currently residing in the former territory of Austria-Hungary did not exist at all - sure there were local languages and dialects and culture and so on, but there was no national identity of eg Slovaks. It's hard to understand that from our perspective, but bringing the current notion of a nation or a nation state into 16th century is an anachronism.