For the two Nordic countries—Sweden and Denmark, they are both barely alive and, being far from the core of the European Continent, they do not require much attention.
However, the small states of Germany must be protected for their independence as much as possible.
Although these small countries generally follow Austria or Prussia, they each have their own schemes and, with the right incentives, they could potentially embrace France—at least covertly support France.
Historically, Napoleon's approach of extinguishing all these small states was an absolute mistake. Even more bewildering was that Napoleon expended energy to unify the small German states into the Rhenish Confederation!
It was practically handing the German states a "limited experience card" to unify the German Empire...
Initially, a large number of local feudal lords were integrated into this system, Church powers became unified, and even the same laws had to be implemented.
