Metropol: Post Nuclear Feudalism | Alternate History 

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France: *threatens Russians with nuclear deterrence* Every EU country east of France: bruh

If a fallout game were to take place in Europe, this would be a really good backstory.

The Swiss: “I guess we shall build a neutral empire.”

*World:* * returns to feudalism * *Some iberians out of nowhere:* NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION

If anyone enjoys this scenario, I highly recommend the book series, The Broken Empire Trilogy. Its a fantasy series set roughly 1000 years after a nuclear apocalypse, where Europe as reverted back to a medieval feudal society!

I doubt Germany would have inferior vaults. I expect full blown Volkswagen symbols on the lock doors.

I love how you called them "vaults" instead of "fallout shelters" or "nuclear bunkers." Fallout is such cultural icon now.

I kinda want know what happened to the British Isles, tbh. Did Great Britian get caught in the crossfire and send back to the stone age as well or did they survive as the UK with all of Ireland once their vault was opened?

I really like the concept of rebuilding society from scratch and it would be cool to see Part 2 of this scenario. I would really like to see too a concept similar to fallout(i don't play fallout but i know that in new vegas was cesare legion)of some dude wanting to bring back some old european empire.

WE NEED THIS AS A HOI4 MOD

Initially when I read post nuclear feudalism I thought you were going to be talking about how the breakdown of the nuclear family has caused Western society to become barbaric

This would be a great book

I feel like this really overestimates the damage nukes would do outside of cities. Most rural towns and small cities would certainly struggle with the climate damage of a nuclear winter, blackouts and radiation going around but would still be doing relatively ok and wouldnt immediately become medieval peasants again. Especially when given 150 years to get power systems and basic infrastructure working again.

Fallout should be merged with this world, would be cool if the commonwealth met one of the Western European empires.

Europe : *goes back to the Medieval Ages after WW3* Meanwhile, people living in metro under Moscow :

Fallout but French. Seriously though this is a great video as always.

European Union dead UK in the background: this does not phase me (Also maybe Anglosphere)

"East of the Eastern realms are slavic nations" *Shows Romania* Damn, not only did Romania actually get hit (seriously kind of a waste of nukes to hit Romania, Bulgaria or even Croatia of all places when you could've made sure Paris was completely destroyed), but I guess after 1000 years of resisting assimilation from the slavs all it took was some russian soldier bois settling there after the nuclear war to make them all slavic

Wait, the only non problematic vaults other than Paris are the Austro-Hungarian ones? Based

*Fallout: Europa*

Feudalism in way or another always takes shape whenever there’s a collapse. People need to understand that fuedalism isn’t some political ideology, it’s just the natural way of dividing and working on land.

It is good that you did not touch Spain yet, so there is room for Post-Apocalyptic-Reconquista lore or maybe a fanatic Holy Latin Crusader/Inquisition Empire: Humanity has to atone for their nuclear sin! Pecador contempla el dia final!

apart from the fact that the dutch vault was prone to flooding seems like a cool and realistic scenario.

This is an interesting idea. I'll keep this in mind.

Amazingly detailed alt hist scenario, loved it, Keep up the great work

I see the Spanish and Portuguese islands in the Atlantic forming a Macaronesian Empire and causing a Sunset Invasion scenario.

>starts a nuclear apocalypse scenario with Russia invading Ukraine >Russia invades Ukraine in real life >👀👀 bruh

Funnily enough, for 4th year in highschool i wrote about a vault in the pyrenees that had survived a comparable catastrophy. The peoples in the vault only inhabitted the Pyrenees, but had built relay towers in the territories of the regions of Occitanie (the borders of the political entity, not the wider Occitanie area), Catalonia, Aragon and the Basque Country. In the last paragraph, i mentioned one of the towers in Marseille was broadcasting the encounter with a foreign entity, which coincides with the range of the Alpine empire you've mentioned.

It's almost scary how accurate the initial premise is. 0:01-0:32

Monsieur: Vienna, Prague and Budapest surfaced simultaneously. Me: *chin intensifies*

I would try to remain neutral. It's clear that this is a powder keg waiting to go off, but remaining neutral is the best way right now to prepare themselves before that match is lit. EDIT:. Just to be clear, they shouldn't maintain neutrality. That will just lead to them having no allies and be easy targets. All I'm saying is that they need to delay picking a side for as long as possible, so they can build their own forces.

0:26 "Small nuclear arsenal of France" you forget to say it's still enough to destroy the entire Earth a few times instead of 50 times like Russia but still enough

Iʻd probably want to see the Greco-Romans win over the Croatian valt. Ofcourse I say that partially because Iʻm Greek, but from the way itʻs presented even if I wasnʻt Iʻd still do. The Eastern realms seem like Tyrants who will subjagate everyone else, the Alpines seem fine but theyʻve already got their shit sorted out while we need the technology there to survive, in the same way the Alpines managed to survive by getting the valt in Nice.

This video has not aged well

The Crimean pirates would give the carribian ones a run for their money

well this aged well

What even happened to the America's? Were they just completely unaffected by the nuclear exchange?

This was actually really interesting! I would love to see a part 2.

Mon. Mon, you really need to give up that time machine. I'm serious, I'm scared now.

Meanwhile the Anglo sphere: 🍿

I've always wondered what Switserlands would look like in the fallout world. I'd love to imagine they have giant vaults and are just fine today

Meanwhile in another part of the world: A Spartan ranger fights an arachnid abomination on a dank narrow corridor full of burnt cables

Croatian Vault will rise as an independant civilization and through peaceful negotiations make lasting peace between all of humanity's remaining peoples. New age of united humankind exploration led by Croatian Vault will rebuild the whole planet under single banner of humanity. The humankind finally explores other planets and makes first contacts with alien civilizations. I know that probably won't be what will happen in next episode, but still I hope my Croatian people don't die, but instead help to stop wars forever, or atleast fight with grace to the last men like they did many times in real world history.

I may be a little biased but: AVSTRIA ERIT IN ORBE VLTIMA! (gives it a whole new meaning as well)

This Reminds me of Fallout so much, I really liked that game's lore. As a Greek I want the Roman- Greco Republic to be Europe's dominant Civilization.

God, I love these kinds of alternate history videos so much. As a history lover, you eventually get tired of the same modern-day states with the same concerns and points of tension. Reseting the world like this often gives a chance to produce new nations with new capitals, borders and cultures. I absolutely love it.

This clearly need a part II. Doing so would cover southern France, UK/Ireland, Russia, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and the Iberian Peninsula

What would happen if the UK (or what remains of it) was discovered by metropol after crossing the english channel

Cant wait for the Austro-Slo-Cro-Boh-Hung-Bayrian Federation!

You could make a whole sci-fi novel out of this! Really anticipating pt 2 :)

This needs to be a series!

This aged well

It's interesting to see that the Triglav vault would be the last to open, but it could be very interesting as it should be the vault with the best natural defense, and being built in a national symbol is a big morale boost.

What if Rudolf didn committee suicide ? What if Mary I and Philip II gave birth A son ? What if Richard III Won the war of the roses ? What if the two princes in the tower didn't go missing ? What if Hades married Hera ? What if Austria intervened into the Prussian-France War ? What if Franz Josef married Helene ? What if Hera coup success ? What if Taft won the 1912 presidential eleection ? What if Maximilian Habsburg became emperor instead of Franz Josef ? What if Arthur Tudor married Catherine of Aragon ? What if Frederick III married Maria ?

Oh This is hitting to close to relaity

I just remembered that the entire nation of switzerland might have survived due to the massive amount of bunkers

Already know this a banger 👍

I can see the French going conservative in the event of a nuclear attack. They are like China in that they have long been accustomed to being a centralised, bureaucratic society, & when China gets attacked in wars which devastate its civilian population, it turns to hardline conservative Confucianism. It is also interesting that, for a mediating force to prevent abuse of power, religion has been replaced by a belief that all must fill their respective obligations in order to survive, i.e. Confucianism. Feudalism occurs when land is a scarce resource, so it would be interesting to see what would happen to it when a huge amount of new land is added in the form of opening up the vault. How would Switzerland, if not nuked, not have an untainted water supply? All the rivers start in Switzerland.

This is an amazing scenario and i cant help but think of the metro world with the people having to hide underground to survive, for me its cool to think that metro is the russian perspective of the aftermath of a nuclear war Great video by the way!

Ooof, nice. I want a sequel! Seeing a Croatian vault not only survive but play a potentially crucial role was really surprising.

I like the use of “Vous” in “Vous Dirigez - Vous Protégez - Vous Traivaillez” instead of “Nous” or “Ils.” It’s a little thing, but emphasizes the hierarchy established so well by say “You” as a plural as if speaking down from the top.

This was amazing! I just told my buddies we should do an RP based off this. Very captivating.

Enjoyed the video, Z. Thanks!

Considering I'm a Croat, I'd take no sides. I'd still be chilling in the vault.

Congratulations! You've just made European Fallout!

could you make a more in depth video about this scenario? It's really intriguing

I love these sorts of post apocalyptic alternate history videos

I need more of this!

So Russia despite everything decided they just had to take the baltics? What ridiculous MW3-tier concept writing is this?

This is literally, I’m not joking LITERALLY the plot to full-out.

Europe: **reverts to feudalism** U.S and China: "Oh no...anyway."

Ireland's vault was one of the last to open. I imagine there would be conflict between the People's Republic of Cork to the south, Irish Catholic Theocracy to the west, and Northern Irish Free State fighting over the vault. Scotland and an extremely weakened UK could also get involved. (Don't take this as a political statement about the isles. It's just an idea for alternate history Ireland.)

Watch low-brow room-temperature IQ comments flooding in going: "hue hue ayy lmao vault Fallout reference huehueh" Diagnosis: terminally thinking in video game references.

Ok now this getting too real

This is such an interesting scenario. Imagine walking out from a vault, into a world with basically new humans and you need to rediscover the world. New nations, new groups of people, new technology, new way of living.

What happens in the Americas, India, China, Australia, New Zealand etc.?

Crazy how accurate this first 20 seconds was

Greetings from March 2022-first 30 seconds (except France) is no longer “Alternate History” but Canon

This i Say Is Definitely One Of my Most Favorite Alternate History Videos i've Watched

Little did Monsiuer Z knew this is close to happening

The Germanic tribes unify under a single Kaiser, who seeing the exploration of his fellow tribesman decided to reap vengeance against their exploiters creating the Reichsempire

Sounds perfect for a new franchise, can't wait for part two.

This is absolutely incredible, I'm hooked

Nice alternate history 👌

What would be Iberian nations be like? Here’s my lore about Iberia: The Iberian peninsula, the land of Castille, Umayyads and Moors. This land is full of intrigue and history, however during the Great War when the entire Europe is at war with Russia and its puppets, Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon were heavily bombed by the nukes and Spain and Portugal fell upon that next day… centuries later the peninsula’s environment recovered quickly , due to fewer nukes in the peninsula, and the arable land is abundant enough for population to boom. As they followed the European vault blueprints. Many Iberian people manage to reclaim most of the land. However due to Madrid and Lisbon were bombed, there is no central government to govern vast swathes of counties, and kingdoms, soon it devolves down to tribalism, many tiny nation vying for control of Iberia. Few of these nation are quite interesting to talked about: Catalonia Republic: after the Great War and the fall of Madrid following the nukes, people that survived the war banded together near the Catalonia coast. And since Spain is no more, the catalonians finally independent and have to do their survival by themselves. Madridian enclave: following the fall of Madrid few governments and citizens of Madrid seek shelter underground into their vaults, its scope is similar to Paris but much less I. Scale and capacity. After centuries of awakening their beloved Spain is no more, multiple tribes compete for territory, the Portuguese petty kingdoms are at Cold War and Catalonia is considered a “successor “ to Spain. Many religious groups within the enclave were inspired the days of reconquista, when their people fought the infidels back to the North Africa, and now preparing our retake back Spain. The British Gibraltar Free State: since the fall of Uk during the war, her control over Gibraltar were severed and since they don’t have vaults to hide to… they’re suffered through the baptism of nuclear fire, but the spirit of British Gibraltar cannot be quenched. And in a century later, they’re forced to be reckoned with. As they’ve full access to Mediterranean gateway meaning they have full access to the sea of Mediterranean and the wider Atlantic Ocean. Hope their mother land, Uk is alright. The land of Iberia is full of intrigue, full of court life, backstabbing, political upheaval and feudalistic Cold War. Blessed with the mountain of Pyrenees, my beloved Metropol is too daunting to reach them out diplomatically and militarily. But as one of the observer of the Iberian Politics it is simply fascinating. What would be tomorrow? Well your guess is good as mine… -metropolian Observer, stationed near Andorran Principality

Europe: literally on the verge of nuclear war Switzerland: this is fine

Breaking frances vault into estates is just another word for revolution

Damn Russia did do a full scale invasion on Ukraine. This fictional lore aged well

I would love to see a series of this world

This should become a series

this is awesome bro!

as an Italian, I love the concept of a Neo-Graecoroman empire.

If I was the leader of metropol I would do things peacefully to insure humanity's post apocalyptic survival

Just now watching this and it seems like this may have been an alternate future rather than alternate history

This is too good to be a one part series

This was nice and interesting I hope you make another one. You can make a Hearts of Iron Mod out of this, now that would be a mod I'll play.

I wonder what the vault in the Stockholm region is up to. Did they freeze to death?

This was amazing

This is a really fun concept I love it