EU4 IS ALL WRONG & This Mod FIXES IT

Summary

This video script offers an in-depth review of a historical accuracy-focused mod for the game EU4, detailing its features and comparing them to historical facts. The mod adjusts the map, political landscape, and cultural representations, enhancing the base game with new trade goods and province modifiers. The script also includes a playthrough as the Moldovans, aiming to form the nation of Romania, with commentary on the mod's accuracy and gameplay mechanics.

Takeaways

• 😀 The mod 'Beyond Typis' is praised for its historical accuracy, particularly in depicting the 1444 start date and adding new flavor to the base game.
• 🌍 The mod adjusts the size of Europe on the map to reflect its actual proportion relative to other continents, and alters the political makeup for historical accuracy.
• 🏰 The English lands are redesigned to show more territories, with Wales as a junior partner rather than a direct possession, mirroring historical political relationships.
• 👑 The mod introduces changes like Iceland being a vassal of Denmark, and Castile starting with more provinces, enhancing the game's depth and historical context.
• 💰 The trade goods map is revamped with new goods like gold mines, fruits, beer, honey, and books, impacting the game's economy and adding to its complexity.
• 🏛️ The Italian peninsula is detailed with many small states and the inclusion of Monaco, showing the mod's attention to historical detail.
• 🛡️ Provinces like Kule or Turno are accurately depicted as part of the Ottomans, reflecting the political realities of the time.
• 🏙️ The mod allows for up to 10 provinces per state, changing the dynamics of the game by influencing more province-wide modifiers.
• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The political borders of Moldova are more historically accurate, including regions like Hoten and Chernowitz, which were part of Moldova in 1444.
• 🎖️ The mod includes historical events and scripts, such as Janos Hunyadi becoming the regent of Hungary, adding a layer of realism to the gameplay.
• 💡 The cultural map mode in the mod is improved with better representation of various cultures and languages, though some inaccuracies like the classification of Romanian as 'Dacian' are noted.

Q & A

What is the main focus of the mod discussed in the script?

The mod focuses on providing a historically accurate depiction of the 1444 start date in a game, with adjustments to the map, political makeup, and other elements to reflect historical accuracy more closely.

How does the mod represent Europe in comparison to other continents on the map?

The mod represents Europe as considerably smaller compared to other continents, reflecting the reality that Europe is actually smaller than often depicted in the base game.

What is historically accurate about the English lands in the mod?

The mod accurately represents the political relationships of the time, such as Wales being a junior partner of the English crown and the English not directly owning Wales but having it as a junior member under them.

What issue does the speaker have with the depiction of culture in Ireland in the mod?

The speaker questions the accuracy of depicting the culture as Old English in a large area of Ireland, given that the region was predominantly Irish, and wonders why Welsh in Britain is not part of the same culture group as the rest of the Gaelic people.

How does the mod represent the strength of Castile and Portugal in the game?

The mod strengthens Castile by starting with about 40 more provinces and gives the Portuguese an extra 20-something provinces, making them more powerful at the start of the game.

What is unusual about the number of gold mines in Bohemia in the mod?

Bohemia has an unusually high number of seven gold mines, which is more than historically accurate, given that they were leading silver producers, not gold.

What new trade goods are introduced in the mod and what effects do they have?

The mod introduces new trade goods such as fruits, beer, honey (apiculture), and books. Beer, for example, offers a local unrest reduction of one.

Why does the speaker believe the depiction of coal provinces for England and the German Empire is historically accurate?

The speaker believes the depiction is accurate because both England and the German Empire were leading coal producers during the early part of the Industrial Revolution, which contributed to their power.

What is special about the papal vassal in the mod?

The mod introduces a special type of papal vassal called the autonomous papal state, which is more historically accurate as these states were more autonomous and not completely overseen by the Venetian Republic.

How does the mod handle the number of provinces per state, and what impact does this have on gameplay?

The mod allows for up to 10 provinces per state, which changes gameplay by influencing more provinces with province-wide modifiers and altering the dynamics of expansion and control.

What historical event is scripted in the mod regarding Janos Hunyadi and Matias Corvinus of Hungary?

The mod scripts the historical event where Janos Hunyadi became the regent of Hungary after the Crusade of Varna failed, and he placed his son Matias Corvinus as the king, despite Ladislaus Postumus being the rightful heir.

What is the speaker's strategy for managing loans and mercenaries in the game?

The speaker's strategy involves selling titles to acquire loans and hiring mercenaries to bolster their military force. They acknowledge the risk of bankruptcy but decide to role-play as Romania, accepting the challenge of managing a corrupt and bankrupt nation.

What does the speaker find particularly appealing about the mod's depiction of Romania's borders?

The speaker finds the mod's depiction of Romania's borders to be a perfect representation of modern-day Romania, with the exception of the Turkic lands, and appreciates the historical accuracy in the game.

Outlines

00:00

🎮 Historically Accurate Mod Review

The script discusses a modification for a strategy game that aims to provide a historically accurate experience starting from the year 1444. It highlights the changes made to the map, such as the reduced size of Europe to reflect its actual proportions and the political landscape, including the depiction of Wales as a junior partner to England. The script also mentions the addition of new trade goods and resources, like gold mines, and the impact on gameplay, such as the reduced development cost and the need to manage a larger number of provinces.

05:00

🏰 Detailed Analysis of Map Changes and Nation Representation

This paragraph delves deeper into the map's historical accuracy, discussing the political borders and the autonomy of certain regions like the Papal States. It also addresses inaccuracies, such as the depiction of certain cultures and the independence of Muscovy, which was still a tributary of the Great Horde in 1444. The paragraph further explores the gameplay implications of having more provinces and the challenges faced by nations like the Byzantines due to the mod's changes.

10:01

👑 Playing as Moldovans: Strategy and In-Game Events

The script shifts to a gameplay perspective, with the player taking on the role of Moldovans with the goal of reclaiming lands to form the nation of Romania. It outlines the strategy of developing provinces, managing estates, and dealing with in-game events such as rebellions and wars. The player also comments on the historical accuracy of certain events scripted in the mod, like the rise of Matias Corvinus in Hungary.

15:02

🌏 Cultural and Political Map Analysis

The focus of this paragraph is on the cultural map mode, examining the distribution of cultures and languages in the mod. It praises the mod for accurately representing the mix of cultures in regions like Silesia and Anatolia and for including minority cultures like Coptic in Egypt. However, it also points out some inaccuracies, such as the classification of certain cultures and the placement of the Romance language group.

20:03

🛡️ War and Diplomacy in the Mod

The script describes the player's efforts to take back Transylvania and form the modern-day Romanian borders through war and diplomacy. It details the challenges of fighting against Hungary and the strategic use of loans and mercenaries. The player also experiences the consequences of over-extending in the war, such as high war exhaustion and the risk of bankruptcy.

25:04

🏆 Conclusion and Future Plans

In the final paragraph, the player reflects on the achievements made in the game, successfully forming the borders of modern-day Romania within the mod. They express their love for the mod and its historical accuracy, despite minor inaccuracies. The script ends with a tease for future gameplay, such as a potential Byzantine run, and a thank you to the player's supporters.

Keywords

💡Historical Accuracy

Historical accuracy in the context of this video refers to the faithful representation of historical events, political structures, and cultural details in a modification (mod) for a strategy game. The video discusses the mod's attempt to provide a more accurate depiction of the world in 1444, including the political makeup and geographical size of Europe, which is a central theme of the video. For instance, the script mentions that 'Europe is considerably smaller on the map compared to the rest of the continents,' highlighting the mod's attention to geographical accuracy.

💡Mod

A 'mod' is short for modification, which in the context of video games, refers to alterations or additions made by players or third-party developers to change or enhance the game. The script talks about a specific mod called 'Beyond Typis,' which aims to improve the historical accuracy and add new features to the base game, enriching the player's experience and providing a more immersive historical setting.

💡Start Date

In strategy games like the one discussed in the video, the 'start date' is the point in history from which the game begins. The script mentions the '1444 start date,' which is a reference to the historical period when the game or mod initiates, allowing players to control nations and navigate historical events from that time onward.

💡Provinces

In the context of the video, 'provinces' are the territorial divisions or regions within a game that represent political or geographical areas. The script discusses the mod's changes to the number and distribution of provinces, such as 'Castile... starts with about 40 more provinces,' which affects gameplay mechanics and the historical representation of the era.

💡Trade Goods

Trade goods in the game are resources or commodities that can be produced and traded for profit. The script mentions new trade goods introduced by the mod, such as 'gold mines,' 'fruits,' 'beer,' 'honey,' and 'books,' which add variety to the economic aspects of the game and reflect the historical trade dynamics of the period.

💡Cultural Map Mode

The 'cultural map mode' likely refers to a feature in the game that allows players to view the world map based on cultural regions or groups. The video script discusses the mod's improvements to this feature, providing a more historically accurate representation of cultural distributions, such as 'low silesian' and 'high cylician,' enhancing the game's depth and realism.

💡Vassals

In the context of historical strategy games, 'vassals' are smaller states or territories that are under the control or influence of a larger, dominant state. The script mentions vassal states like 'the autonomous papal state of the papal states,' indicating the mod's attention to the complex political relationships of the time.

💡Development

Development in the game refers to the process of improving the infrastructure and economic potential of provinces. The video script notes that the mod changes the cost and effect of development, such as 'the cost of developing provinces is also cheaper,' which impacts gameplay and reflects the varying levels of development in different historical regions.

💡Estates

Estates in the game represent powerful groups or classes within a nation, such as nobility or clergy, which can influence national policies. The script discusses the player's ability to interact with 'estates' and their effects on the game, like 'we're going to give the plus one mana,' showing the mod's inclusion of social dynamics in its historical simulation.

💡Coalition

A 'coalition' in the game context refers to a group of nations that have banded together, often against a common enemy. The script mentions forming a coalition, such as 'we got a coalition of byzantium and serbia,' which is a strategic element in the game that can affect the balance of power and the outcome of wars.

💡War Exhaustion

War exhaustion represents the depletion of a nation's resources and morale due to prolonged conflict. The video script humorously notes the player's nation reaching 'the maximum amount of loans that we can take which means we're gonna go bankrupt soon,' reflecting the real-life consequences of war and the game's mechanics that simulate the strain on a nation's economy.

Highlights

The mod offers a historically accurate depiction of the 1444 start date with a redesigned map showing Europe's actual size.

English lands are expanded with more Irish minor nations and a historically accurate representation of Wales as a junior partner.

The Channel Isles and Isle of Man are shown as English marches, adding depth to England's political landscape.

Cultural accuracy is questioned regarding the depiction of Old English in Ireland and Welsh in Britain.

Iceland's royalty is accurately portrayed as a Danish vassal, enhancing historical immersion.

Castile and Portugal are stronger with additional provinces, altering the balance of power.

Gold mines are abundantly spread across various regions, potentially making Austria and the Ottomans very wealthy.

New trade goods like fruits, beer, honey, and books add economic diversity and local unrest modifiers.

England and the German Empire are depicted with numerous coal provinces, reflecting their historical industrial revolution dominance.

The Italian peninsula features a high number of OPMs and historically accurate political borders.

The mod introduces an autonomous papal state and detailed political dynamics within the region.

Sicily's historical separation from Naples is accurately depicted, with cultural and political distinctions.

The mod allows for up to 10 provinces per state, changing the influence of province-wide modifiers.

Bulgaria's independence and the Ottomans' core on it are historically accurate, adding complexity to the region.

The mod introduces more minor Russian nations and accurate political borders for a more historically immersive experience.

Muscovy's independence and vassal structure are debated for historical accuracy, offering a different perspective on the region.

The Teutons and Livonians have more vassals at the start, reflecting the complexity of the Holy Roman Empire.

The player can role-play as Moldovans, aiming to reclaim land and form the nation of Romania, adding a unique gameplay challenge.

Cultural map mode showcases accurate cultural distributions, including Silesian, Serbian, and Anatolian groups.

The mod's historical accuracy extends to scripted events, such as Janos Hunyadi's regency and Matias Corvinus' kingship in Hungary.

The player's strategic decisions, such as taking loans and managing war exhaustion, reflect the challenges of historical statecraft.

Achieving the modern Romanian border in-game is a satisfying accomplishment that reflects the mod's historical depth.

Transcripts

if you enjoy historical accuracy well

then you're absolutely gonna love this

mod since it offers one of the most

historically accurate depictions of the

1444 start date as well as a ton of new

flavor to the base game itself i am of

course talking about beyond typis and

you probably noticed the first thing is

that europe is considerably smaller on

the map compared to the rest of the

continents this is to show that well in

reality europe is actually a lot smaller

than it's depicted in the base eu for

and the political makeup of the map is

very very different from what we know

starting from the english lands you can

see that the isles actually have a lot

more lands as well as there's way more

irish minor nations than there are in

the base game and the english do not

directly own wales they have it as a

junior member under them which is

actually very historically accurate

since officially wales was a junior

partner of the english crown much like

england was a junior partner of the

scottish crown starting the 18th century

which is what gave way for the united

kingdom or the union between all of

these various entities here they also

have the march of march as a march of

england now this begs the question of

course where did the march of march

march during march march march march my

brain works in mysterious ways okay just

don't judge it don't judge it we also

have depicted here the channel isles

which are a march again of the english

and the isle of man as well as we do

have the holdings of the english in

ireland i have to say though that the

culture here being old english i'm not

so sure about i know that this area

namely the castle and the surroundings

of the castle that were owned by the

english were actually english obviously

but everything else around this area was

irish so i'm not sure if it's fair to

depict a minority as the majority in a

province this big if the province was

this small i understand but if you're

gonna depict the whole thing why would

you do this entire area as old english

one more thing i have to say about this

is that i'm not sure why welsh in

britain is not a part of the same

culture group as the rest of the gaelic

people here i do enjoy seeing the advice

royalty of iceland as a vassal of the

danes from the beginning ruled by mr

hiroshi

olafur amundsen nailed it 10 out of 10

pronunciation if i go missing it's

probably because i got assassinated by

some icelandic viking assassins okay

just just put it out there one thing's

for sure castile is definitely a lot

stronger in this mod it starts with

about 40 more provinces whilst the

portuguese have an extra 20-something

provinces themselves and if we look at

the trade goods map mode look at this

boys we got one two gold mines within

the early reach of the castilians the

french also start with the gold mine as

do the english in the northern part of

england and oh my god what the hell is

happening in bohemia man why does

bohemia have seven gold mines what i

mean okay i know that they were one of

the leading producers of silver but

seven gold mines what i have a feeling

austria is gonna get ridiculously rich

another three gold mines in hungary here

another two in serbia and two more in

the ottoman lands oh one more even in uh

everest actually so we can kind of say

five in the ottoman lands cause let's

face it this is gonna be ottoman land

very early on scratch that make that six

because trapezone's got some gold as

well and there's mortal in the south of

sardinia

and in the northern parts of italy

basically there's a lot more gold in

this game now than there ever was before

plus there's a lot of new trade goods we

have fruits as a trade good we have beer

which offers local unrest minus one this

makes sense this is very very accurate

beer definitely does add minus one local

unrest and i think another trade good

i've spotted is the honey over here or

apiculture as it's called all right and

there's also books which are separate

from

paper so we have both paper here and

books in the other province for example

for aragon and i have to say for the

late game look at the amount of coal

provinces that the english have i have

to say this is probably accurate because

the english were one of the leading

producers of coal during the early part

of the industrial revolution it's one of

the reasons why england became so

powerful after all and pretty much the

same thing for the german empire the

rural area had a massive amount of coal

provinces the austrians are completely

decimated here we have inner austria

that has austria proper as a vassal and

it has a uh independence guarantee over

tyro i would say like creme de la creme

is the italian peninsula though if we

just take a quick look here look at the

amount of opm's that we have we even

have the freaking city of monaco well

the nation of monaco actually that

exists today by the way tenda seva

finale we have so many of them it's

ridiculous we even managed to get

benevento in naples which was a holding

of the papal states in the uh southern

part of italy and mad respect for the

fact that they added this in this just

shows how much time they actually took

to make it as historically accurate as

possible the map itself there's even a

special type of papal vassal the

autonomous papal state of the papal

states for example marsh over here which

is led by francesco's forza that

eventually would become the leader of uh

the rebellion and milano you probably

know this guy from the events don't you

and then milano speaking of has a ton of

cords around everywhere look at this

here five cores on venice another three

cores on savoy also have to say that

sicily was not up of naples in 1444

prior to the aragonese conquest of the

neapolitan lands these were basically

ruled by the norman vikings that

eventually conquered these lands from

the sicilian muslims before them but

once the aragonese conquered this they

kind of made it so that sicily is a lot

more separate from the rest of the

neapolitan crown to keep it in check

essentially they divided and conquered

more or less well they already were

conquered so they divided in order to

more easily govern let's say one thing

that is really accurately depicted is

the fact that kandia negropont naxos are

not directly owned by the venetians and

are just the vassals of venice this is

very very well made and historically

speaking these were in fact a lot more

autonomous and the venetian republic did

not completely oversee everything that

happened in these areas but they did

oversee usually wherever they had a

significant fortification like the ones

that we have in le panto corone and

argolide you probably also noticed but

there can be a 10 provinces per state

now so for example trace actually has 10

provinces peloponnese has nine provinces

and so on and that significantly changes

the way that the game works because

that's a lot more provinces that get

influenced for example by particular

province-wide modifiers you might have

noticed bulgaria being independent here

as well this is historical the castle of

lovich was not conquered by the ottomans

in 1444. it's not a rebellion by the way

it simply was just never conquered by

them it was the last holdout of the

bulgarians here and eventually it did

get conquered but for some reason the

ottomans have a core on this in this mod

as they do have cores on the byzantines

whilst the byzantines don't have cores

on the ottomans i've talked to the mod

developer and he said that he did this

in order for the ottomans to attack

bulgaria first and finish them off

similarly to attack the byzantines so i

kind of understand from that perspective

but it kind of makes the byzantines

really hard to play or close to

impossible to play for that matter there

is a sub mod this mod that actually

boosts up the byzantines a little bit

and i might check that out in the nearby

future also on the south of valleja we

have the uh castle of kule or turno as

we call it in romanian which is owned by

the ottomans this is accurate it was

taken back by the valencians under the

rule of vlad zepesh or dracula as you

guys probably know in 1446 so that's two

years afterwards but in 1444 it's true

this was actually a part of the ottomans

they used it as a foothold in valleja to

make sure that the valencians are paying

their tribute and whenever they did not

pay the tribute the garrison and torno

would come out kill some people until

they paid the tribute essentially they

were medieval bullies let's say since we

are in the east they've also added a lot

more minor russian nations here and

that's accurate there was so many more

smaller principalities in this area at

the time what i don't agree with is the

fact that muscovy is independent and

they have all of these vassals when the

reality is that muscovy in 1444 was

still a tributary of the great horde

still took them about two decades before

they became actually independent albeit

according to historical records they

were supposed to pay a tribute to the

great horde which in turn they collected

from the other russian principalities

but what the muscovites used to do they

would keep the tribute from the other

principalities and not pay it to the

great horde which eventually led to the

great horde attacking them because they

were pissed and they lost the war and

that ended up giving the independence to

the muscovites the teutons also have a

few more vassals at the start as do the

livonians one thing i have to say is

that the city of riga was a lot more

autonomous but the archbishop rick of

riga did indeed exist and it had exactly

these lines here as they are depicted so

much respect to how well they've

actually managed to show the provinces

in the game the city itself of riga

would have been a lot more divided

however from the rest of the archbishop

rick lands but i can't see of any proper

way of showing that in the games my

beloved brandenburg also is a lot bigger

they have a few extra provinces the city

of rupin is independent so you have to

take it back of course if you want to

watch me play brandenburg and take

everything out and form prussia i've

done this already on my twitch channel

and you can find a link to the vods on

the second channel where i've uploaded

that unedited so you can see everything

that happens in the description below

there are significantly more provinces

in the uh hre and obviously they've

added a ton more nations here but they

didn't add as many as you would imagine

because you know there's obviously a

limit to how many you can actually add

in here and make the game still playable

for example voltaire's nightmare adds a

lot more and it is a little bit more

historical but it's unplayable man like

you need a super nasa computer to play

that whilst this mod actually is

playable and speaking of playable let's

start our campaign as the moldovans here

and try and take back the valencian land

so we can form the nation of romania

shall we don't be fooled by the amount

of extra provinces we have all of these

are really low dev we got five four

three it's very low development to be

fair so let's start with our estates

here we're going to give the plus one

mana of course minus 25 advisor class

reduction for all three estates as well

patronage of the arts boyar border forts

which essentially make your forts

ridiculously cheap to maintain let's see

whatever agenda we get as well

brandenburg opinion of us hell yeah

let's get some brandenburg and ally

shall we take note because the amount of

income and manpower that you get from

development is a lot less now the cost

of developing provinces is also cheaper

it's basically half of the default

vanilla cost we're gonna dive this up

twice then afterwards we're gonna sell

titles you have to dev up twice in order

to actually be able to sell titles in

this mod at least then div up a second

time and now we can seize crownlands

we're also gonna hire the free company

and we're going to make both of our air

and our leader generals they're both

trash sadly 11th of december and we're

actually going to know cb the nation of

valleja the reason we're doing this is

because if i wait until i can actually

get a claim on them the chance of the

ottomans proclaim guaranteeing them are

ridiculously high and i don't want them

to proclaim guarantee them obviously i

don't need to fight the ottomans right

now we will however be getting a spy

network so we can get some siege ability

in the nation of alicia for taking their

forts a little bit faster let's kill off

zevaloki and shall we we got a two they

got a zero this is just typical romanian

uh pips right there both moldovans and

valencians get horrible pips this is

historical guys you know what i actually

have issues with pretender rebels but

the pretender is gonna be way better

than what i have right now three one one

with two wine zero so i'm just gonna

actually let them enforce their demands

oh this is actually really good we still

have minus two stability let me actually

boost up my stability a little bit and

then i can use this to get up to zero

noise okay seriously these guys are the

world's worst rebels ever they almost

finished taking the capital and they

just randomly decided to abandon that

and go to the next province next to him

are you kidding me right now i actually

want you to enforce guys also i've seen

a few things in this area that made me

cringe a little bit as a romanian i do

like the fact that valejia actually has

cores on the uh dobruja part and the

provinces that the ottomans took because

technically these were taken from

valejia relatively few years before the

start date here in the early 1400s these

were actually lands that belonged

directly to the valyrian crown on that

note however i have to say that august

turkish here does not make any sense

like this was not turkish at all in 1448

if anything i would make it more

bulgarian there was a turkish minority

but that was a minority not a majority

in these areas similarly here targoviste

had a german minority in the city of

targovista not the entire region so

making this province and this province

germanic in valleja in 1444 because

there was a minority of germans triggers

me really a lot because it's like making

london hindu culture in t22 because

there's a indian minority doesn't make

sense does it and the same exact thing

over here with the nams and bako they

were not a majority casanggo there were

minorities of these people here but that

aside it does make the game a lot more

interesting and it gives a little bit of

extra flavor i guess so it is forgiven

because it does make the game

interesting especially after i get to

convert them to the real culture that

they had in 1444. oh look at that the

ottomans actually did attack the

bulgarians in the reconquest of loveish

so it did work giving the ottomans a

core in this it did make them uh

prioritize attacking bulgaria first i

guess the venetians are eating up the

nation of epress also that's really good

especially since epres has the gold mine

in the provinces i think also have to

say that 10 out of 10 when it comes to

the political borders of moldova in 1444

hoten and chernowitz were a part of

moldova in the start date and that is

not shown as such in the base u4 game

that's just really sad in my opinion

it's also one of the reasons i really

enjoy playing this mod despite certain

really really minor inaccuracies overall

i would say that 90 of this mod is

pretty accurate and makes a lot of sense

historically speaking let's say come on

boys 28 percent can i get the fort

cannot lootie cannot get the fort can we

get it on the second attempt no cannot

get it on the second attempt either oh

what end of styrian control over laddies

laos whoa

i did not see this coming this is

actually historical man wow they

actually scripted this in that's awesome

my respect just went through the roof

for this modding team awesome work dudes

honestly awesome work so if you don't

know what historically happened was

janos huniadi actually became the regent

of hungary after the crusade of varna

failed and the leader of hungary died

and he actually put his son matias

corvinus as the king of hungary despite

the fact that ladislau posumus was

supposed to be the king of hungary you

see this actually happen in the game

it's actually a percentage of it

happening it's like 50 50 either the

austrians get the hungarian crown or

matias becomes the leader but

historically speaking matias became the

new king of hungary these guys are

really pissing me off because they keep

going from one province to another not

sieging this down so i'm just gonna kill

them similarly i'll kill the last of the

volatians bye bye ski boys and that

means we can also all of wallachia we

got a coalition of byzantium and serbia

who cares about serbia boys who cares

about sword i don't care about serbia i

don't i just don't okay hey unites unite

zavoyavodski nice we got a core on uh

turda and giorgio this did boost up our

crowlands to 11 though and in classic

eu4 fashion

the ottomans did not annex the

bulgarians

they glitchy just got a piece with them

for 15 years but did not annex them big

brain

boom boom brain for the ottomans right

now hungary also just came out of a

massive war against the bohemians and

they got zero manpower but then again i

also don't have much manpower do i so if

only there was such a thing as loans if

only there were loans so we can loan up

and get a mercenary company let's

actually take a deeper look at the

cultural map mode of uh this mod first

thing that comes to my attention is the

fact that we have both low silesian and

high cylician the high cylician being a

part of the west slavic group and the

low styles in a part of the germanic

group this is really accurate

essentially the silesian lands did start

getting converted to germanic which

celestion being the germanic version of

silesians and the old slightly being the

original silesians we also have the

serbian lands mixed in with high saxon

serbians still exist today but they're a

minority in 1444 they would have been

the majority in this area however so

that's pretty accurate same thing here

with kashubians and pomeranians mixing

in and prussians coming in as well i

have to say that the romance language

and by extension culture would be a

little bit different from uh the main

italian branch with the romance aladdin

and friulian being in a separate

language group and for that matter

romanian would be catalogued as east

romance not dacian and you need to

listen to this because the percentage of

dacian in the romanian language is less

than 0.2 percent there's more german

words in romanian then there are dacian

words it makes no sense to have this

culture as dacian eastern romance is the

official name of the branch of latin

that romanian is a part of and it

includes a romanian as you can see here

easter romanian which would be in this

area mcglenn or romanian and dalmatian

which we have in eu for but dalmatian

and eu4 is a part of the latin group we

actually have it here in the mod since

we are looking at the cultural map mode

the anatolian part is a lot better than

the vanilla version that's for sure we

have cappadocian a lot more pontic

armenians better depicted including the

silesian armenians i don't know why this

is turkic this should not be turkic

antioch was never ever kick ever it

makes no sense to make antioch turkic

and the coastline especially the west

coast line of um anatolia would have had

a lot more greek especially in the

cities it would have been a lot more

greek rather than turkic but other than

that really well done compared to the

vanilla version of the anatolian map and

i'm happy to see that there's also

coptic in the egyptian part as some of

you probably know before the arab

conquest of egypt there were people

there of course and those people were

not a hundred percent on board and

converted to islam by 1444 in fact

probably around 30 of them were still

following the coptic version of

christianity and still had their own

unique identity and culture really well

done the fact that they put basque

separate from everything else and

albanian as well these groups are indeed

separate they're not a part of slavic or

anything of the sorts i'm not sure what

i can say about this situation with

illyrian here i would say that they were

a minority and far from being a majority

in any of these provinces same thing

goes for a romanian here they did exist

that is true but they were a significant

minority compared to the majority of the

lands being greek and especially for the

a romanians they mostly lived around the

hills and the mountains where they acted

as shepherds and they are descended from

the roman speaking peoples of the roman

empire prior to the collapse of the

empire and the switch to the greek

language and the eastern roman empire

the finnish language being in the same

group with estonian kyrelian and sabmi

is also really well done they are

essentially very very similar as a whole

and hungarian despite it origin being

descended from the fino ugric language

group it should not be in the same

culture group obviously because they

were separated for more than a thousand

years but they do have their own group

here that apparently includes kumon and

obviously secular and casango kumans

however were not hungarians they are a

turkic people and if you do a very quick

google search you'll find that cumins

were running away from various migrating

people they did settle in hungary and

they were used as mercenaries by the

hungarians and were also assimilated

into the hungarian majority ethnic group

but having kuman as a part of the

hungarian group is debatable because

they did speak a completely different

language had completely different

customs oh my god what's happening here

man look at this florence is completely

obliterating the papal states in siena

oh sorry genoa in siena with marsh wow

they're actually killing them off man

they got 11 000 not that many but

they're definitely doing a great job

over here well well well if it's not the

serbian separatists and i assume

transylvanian separatists as well looks

like hungary's not super well

centralized just yet might be a bit of

an opportunity for us they're also

allied to fry sing and uh what schnapps

is up with this flag is this the actual

flag of rising i highly doubt this man

if that's the actual flag of rising i'm

gonna eat a vienna schnitzel in front of

you guys so let me know in the comment

section if it is or not i'm curious now

people of rising inform me please you

know what boys let's go full on in sell

the titles get the burger loans five of

them and let's get some mercenaries so

we can attack the hungarians let's get

the uh high dukes the independent

cossacks and the crabbats as well it's

everything or nothing okay or as normal

people would say uh all or nothing i

assume let's go let's go everybody it's

time to take back transylvania i just

realized that hungarians got like a

hundred freaking forts i don't think

this is going to end up well for me ah

yes why not have some rebels exactly now

when i'm struggling with the war oh

would you look at that boys they

actually recruited the levans so they

are in need of mercenaries what i

haven't even fought them yet the three

siege general from the independent

cossack host is massively helping not

gonna lie take that yeah filthy

croatians wait a second is it just me or

is this actually the amount of lands i

need to form modern-day romania and the

borders actually look like modern-day

romania oh my god i love this mod so

much now i'm going for this war deal

okay i'm not stopping i don't mind going

bankrupt afterwards that would just be

the role playing romania today okay

jesus mother of god the amount of work

exhaustion i have i'm gonna have to

waste some of my dual points on this are

you freaking kidding me this fort did

not follow 64. i bet this one's gonna

fall at 28 though of course it did of

course it freaking did finally this one

fell as well let's go take care of their

army now by the way here's a really

important tip whenever this happens

after the enemy takes a fort the

garrison is gonna be very very small and

whenever the garrison is below a hundred

then you automatically take that fourth

after one tick has passed in my case

they're up to 160 but after a few takes

if i'm lucky enough it's gonna decrease

the garrison below a hundred and i can

take the fort a lot faster or if i crack

the walls i just assault and take it

almost instantly let's actually focus on

their ally of rising so we take him out

of the war they got four thousand units

i don't wanna have to deal with these

units oh i just realized rising actually

has four provinces what and as i

expected they are okay with pissing me

out after i just started sieging their

capital down which means that little old

croatia is all by themselves here with

rising out of the war this is what we

call big brain guys this is what we call

big brain right here and guess what we

actually can do a deal with them 107 103

we only get a coalition of certain minor

nations oh poland yeah that's gonna be

tough but still it's worth it can we get

some money as well we can get a little

bit of money that you go boys that you

go we got the modern romanian border

right here with the exception of the

turkic lands of course but still amazing

borders oh man this warms my heart

seeing this

if only romania actually unified this

early in history would have been amazing

and of course we've reached the maximum

amount of loans that we can take which

means we're gonna go bankrupt soon so as

i said a pretty typical historical

romanian run we just need like 20 extra

corruption and that is perfect

representation of modern day romania

bankrupt corrupt nation time to disband

all of the mercenary companies now and

just leave the ones that actually would

make a bit of a difference i'm gonna

expand these guys as well bring the main

army home as well and i mean i guess we

can extend our lifeline by getting some

corruption am i right we might as well

fully larp romania here guys whoa what

musk of you wants to be our ally

schnappledapple yes sir snappledapple

yes and the hello claims on all of

bulgaria here their permanent claims by

the way from the order of the dragon

also we actually have a border with

serbia now so we can technically expand

into these areas as well oh lord this is

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