Hessians take advantage of the civil war, but not yet. For now, it's being kept simple, as introducing the Hessians yet would turn it into a three-way battle instead of a two-way.
THE ATTEMPT ON MY LIFE HAS LEFT ME SCARRED AND DEFORMED! BUT MY RESOLLVEE HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGA'! THE REMAINING BDM SHALL BE HUNTED DOWN, AND DESTROYED! THE REPUBLIC SHALL BBE REORRRGANISED INTO THE SECOND RHEINLANDIC EMPIRE! FOR A SAFE, AND SECURRREE, SOCIETY! AND WE SHALL HAVE... PEACE. (Kaiser Hans Edvard Albrecht-Freidmann, probably)
THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's Shipping Unions, retired from a life of piracy.)