All of the following are correct about the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century except

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The Holy Roman Empire was not a strong centralized territorial state in the fifteenth century. Rather, it consisted of a patchwork of hundreds of largely independent states, each with their own rulers and governments. The position of Holy Roman Emperor was not held exclusively by the Habsburgs until the sixteenth century. While the empire was primarily made up of German-speaking peoples, there were also significant populations of other ethnic groups, such as Czechs, Italians, and Hungarians. While Habsburg power did rest in part on their control of vast agricultural estates, this was not the defining characteristic of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century.

All of the Following Are Correct About the Holy Roman