Through the elimination of territories ruled by prince-bishops (secularisation) and through the consolidation of neighbouring principalities, enclaves and exclaves, Napoleon reduced several hundred states into a relative concentration of a little over two dozen states in the Confederation of the Rhine.
Vürst-piiskoppide valitsetavate territooriumide kaotamise kaudu (sekulariseerimine) ning naabervürstkondade, enklaavide ja eksklaavide konsolideerimise kaudu vähendas Napoleon mõnisada riiki veidi üle kahe tosina riigini Reini Liidus.