Top 10 Strongest HRE Imperial Nations in EU4 

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I will never forget the game where I finally got the Switzerlake achievement. I got an unexpected PU over Muscovy which allowed me to take provinces in Lithuania which made the achievement disappointingly easy.

Oh no, the ironside plague is here. I knew it ISP is controling everything

Top 10 African nations in EU4, I wanna see that

I think Milan deserves a spot on this list. They have good national ideas and get the ambrosian republic government type. I achieved my first world conquest with them. Edit: spelling

You hurt my ears trying to say Hohenzollern

Austria is a good contender to the “One family to rule them all” achievement? *Laughs in Timurid*

"...Florence is the perfect 'tall' nation if you decide that playing at five speed and remaining geographically limited is somehow fun." THANK YOU. I've never understood this whole "playing tall" meme in EU4. Three fourths of the game's mechanics are based on territorial expansion, and tallness is achieved exclusively through the RNG of the mana system. I think Vicky 2 was the only Paradox game that made NOT constantly invading your neighbours somewhat compelling from a gameplay perspective.

I was so happy to discover a new video about EU4 from you today :D Keep going your amazing work!

Very weird timing after the whole new map for the European Expansion has been revealed.

Brilliant video time after time! Thank you

*14:00 Z Poděbrad, not a Piast

The Crimson Chin is Austria's national superhero.

It is holy, roman and a empire

New amazing video (as always). Nice!

My favorite thing about Florence is that they start out with a +2 yearly papal influence tradition. Mostly because the pope usually rivals and/or excommunicates you early on making papal influence impossible to generate.

Ditchmarchen is also prety interesting, if you like to experience working communistic nation

Correction: Switzerland CANNOT form Germany without culture-shifting. The Swiss primary culture is barred from forming Germany. Edit: PU over Milan is incredibly rare as well, due to the Ambrosian Republic event. If the Milan ruler spawns an heir; even of your dynasty, they will turn into the Republic. Heirless, however, they can be PU'ed since PU fires before the Ambrosian Republic; and Ambrosian cannot fire under a PU.

Awesome video :)

I love these videos

I really love how you try to pronounce all those german words :D #melodicandeasytospeaklanguage Liked the video, nice nations to go! Tried like half of them already and for me most fun was Brandenburg and Austria :)

Top 10 most difficult achievements could be interesting if you went into some ways to achieve them. Agree with other posters here that top 10 countries per religion/continent would be good as well.

“Not even a commissioned painting can flatter their fugly mug” honestly Alzabo is a wordsmith we take for granted

Dude everytime you mentioned Game of Thrones my heart stopped working for a second because I was afraid of spoilers And yes I decided to start watching the first season while the last season was airing. It made sense in my mind xD

Have already seen an awesome burgundian inheritance for ai savoy, making their borders stretch from North sea to Mediterranean in the end

Hesse or Milan would have made my list, but pretty respectable list. nice job

The dutch personal union is hell, as your subject (united kingdom in my case) always rebels after 4 years

Playing on EU4 ET as Switzerland in the 2018 start. I accidentally started a system of alliances that brought the world to its knees. What had happened was: I allied Belgium, France, UK and US. Invited to the EU, I declined. France did because of me, Italy did because of France. Greece decided to ally me after I allied France. Then the Balkans exploded again because Turkey decided Greece was Turkish and Greece didn't. So we got called to repel a Jihad that Egypt, Tunisia, and Iraq joined in. Recreated Gallipoli because they cut us off at the Bosporus, went like it did the first time losing a 50 stack (my whole standing army, I know, shoot me) so I banked it all on a 30 stack of Mercs and decided to land at Tunis to knock them out and lock down the Mediterranean. Tunisia peaced out, humiliated and giving me half their income for a while. Used those funds to float my economy, cut my stack in half and paid off some of those loans, and decided to play rear guard. Egyptian naval landing in Crete, RIP Minos. Oh well. Egyptian follow-up landing in Epirus, game on. Beat them with a blunt stick down into Achea, stack wiped them on the counterattack in Attica. The devil I am, I went down to Cairo looking for more gold to steal. Landed in Alexandria, walked like an Egyptian up and down the Western border until I hit their stack upriver neat Sudan. Provoked their 50 stack into a river crossing, uphill battle against my 35 stack and won, then chased them into Sinai where I finished them. Peaced out with King Tut in my back pocket and a wad of cash in my hand. Manpower back up, so I paid off my loans and dismissed my Mercs in favor of home grown troops. Pulled my navy out of the Bosporus and invited the Kebab itself. Cut them off once their grand army of 125 walked in. Allies picked them apart, lost a couple sieges in Thessaloniki and Athens but pushed back eventually, only after I succeeded in landing at Antioch and ran straight for Ankara. Sieged down, Turkish panic, divided their forces and lost them both. Iraq knocking on my Anatolian door, siege within a siege, feared for it all until my Allies came walking over the dunes and saved my ass. Removed Kebab from Europe, gave Greece their Thrace back, Europa restored.

had a game as switzerland once, was actually pretty fun! the downside may be that you have no navy, but considering that once austria drops being emperor you can go batshit crazy on 1 province minors in the hre

18:01 There was literally a game of thrones ad at the bottom of the screen. DaMN.

I like it how he pronounces the "Bunte Kuh" achievement.😂 🇩🇪

I can't tell if you were serious, but you characterize The Prince based on the modern, pejorative adjective "Machiavellian", whereas the book has a very different tone. You should give it a read if you haven't, it really seems like the developers of EU4 incorporated some of its major themes.

Neat trick for Switzerlake achievement: Expand towards the sea, conquer land in (preferably) Africa and give away your coastal provinces ... perhaps moving capital to the New World would also work.

That's what people who have never read Machiavelli say about Machiavelli

What graphical mod are you using? Your map looks amazing in this video!

A parody of FERT was said by Savoy's neighbors to mean Frappez Entrez Rappez Tout ("Strike, Enter, Break Everything"), from their penchant for chevauchée.

oh you're ironside sponsored as well nice

As Austria, I had bohemia, Russia, the Commonwealth, Spain, and Hungary as PUs. Then had the Reforms to have the princes as vassals. All of their subjects too. Had the papacy as well. Burgundian inheritance. It was fun ruling the world.

8:43 As a french, I didn't understood a word of what you said 😅 But it's cool that you tried

My first game in EU4 was with Bohemia at the 1444 start date, and man did I not expect how wild it would go down. By the end of it, I culture switched to Prussian, formed Prussia then Germany, and PUed Sweden, France AND Russia.

That achievement for having your dynasty on a ton of thrones is easy...i usually place relative on vassals i intend to let get a bit bigger for the future liberty desire decrease, and I must have gotten the achievement somewhere along the way doing that XD

Savoy was the first EU4 game I've played, I began by destroy Genoa early and vassalizing the Swiss, then cheated the Venetians and the Pope out of a promise-land against Milan and the other OPMs. Sat out the huge AE with protection from France and after that I'm a great power :)

'Ey man, don't dis Machiavelli. He was the one who taught me how to win at Europa.

I'm surprised Milan wasn't included considering their ideas, development and access to the Ambrosian Republic.

It's funny, the Swiss Navy was actually a thing in their wars with Burgundy. They transported a whole bunch of refugees when Charles came a'knocking. Also, cute nod with "Eisenmann."

What kind of graphic mod you use?

2:53 Don't you mean Emperor Palatine?

i remember that in old EU II , Brandenburg started with 1 province .

You did this video a couple of months early, because at the end of this year there's gonna be this huge update/DLC changing most of HRE

Before watching this. I swear if Hamburg and Lubeck isn't on this list. 2 incredibly strong one province minors and 2 of the most fun nations to play.

hey and what about bavaria? they only need to take two provinces from austria to acess venice and then the balkans...

Its worth noting that the Palantine is getting an update soon

Yoooooo dude, 01:10 that's a bit harsh on machiaveli there dude, the whole concept of the book is about an hypotical unification of italy and how desperate times called for desperate means, it's very interesting when you really think it through lol, i mean that guy doesn't deserve his name to be a word for evil lol, poor him

I have a problem. I started playing as Lübek. Whenever I try to expand my vassal, the emperor demands the territory back. Is there any trick I miss?

When i looked at first seconds of the video: *sad start of the plc partitions noices*

A bonus to the palatinate is that They share dynasty with bavaria and denmark.

6:40 I'm gonna stop you right there, you can't effectively vassal feed in the HRE unless you are Emperor, because you have to core the territory yourself and then give it to your vassal otherwise the Emperor will demand it back and the vassal will pretty much always capitulate to that demand.

Can this man give isorrow a hand with his intros

Please do another ck2 vid please!

I just played a game as Florence and formed italy pretty easily. The only thing to worry about is aggressive expansion as the italian provinces are extremely developed.

Bro, i just revoked privilegia first time by austria) Thought of other interesting countries in HRE. Question is: why no bavaria on your list? Or they became strong in 1.30? They get PUs to 2 electors and austria from missions. It might include bohemia if they fall under austrian PU. PS: thanks for your job, your videos helped me A LOT when i started playing eu4.

alza: says Savoie me: ITS SAVOIA (sah voy ah) DAMNIT

Huh, looks like you never did that top 10 african nations video discussed in one of the comments. This one is neat though^^

Bavaria is also a nice nation to play tall with :)

no Dithmarschen ? love their ideas and position

What is the name of rhe mod you use for the map?(graphic)

The hamburg puns, oh my god.

2:53 emperor palpatine xD

8:36 Yay my home is finally relevant!

Which graphic mod for map you use, buddy?

Benis

What's the name of the graphics mod used in this video?

@AlzaboHD Lederhosen are Bavaria/Austria only. just sayin

May I ask which map mod are you using, also video is cool like up

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Pomerania can form Prussia as well and has a decent Trade income early on.

Really ??? No Milan ? More development , ambrosian republic and in the middle Venice and Genoa

this will need a remake after the new patch hits us. also, isnt "warning" work about the same as "guarantee"?

Seriously no ulm mention? Once i conquered the entire world excepting ulm and ulm conquered it back

Could you make a Morocco Guide

The puns tho 😂

Where's *Ulm* ? Too powerful for be in the list , for sure!

How about a top 10 colonial nations ? Or perhaps a top 5 if there are not enough countries

Before watching: Will include Milan Lubeck Brandenburg Austria Bohemia

My List 1: Austria 2: Brandenburg 3: Savoy 4: Bohemia 5: Saxony 6: Rhinephaltz (Palatinate) 7: Bavaria 8: Holland 9: Switzerland 10: Ulm

Well it sorta is both holy and roman at the beginning of the game as the reformation hasn't begun and the italian states haven't left the empire yet

One thing missing about the Palatinate: Your ruling dynasty is the "von Wittelsbach". Same as Bavaria, Denmark, Sweden and Norway in 1444. There are some fat scandinavian PUs for you to get.

Can anyone tell me the name of the mod used for making provincial borders look the way they do in this video?

For the love of Batman Alzabo it's RNGesus.

whats the graphical mod that you use?

Hem, the Prince is not how to be the most douchebag ruler, it is how to be the most efficient ruler. It was very revolutionnary at the time, as most of the books for princes and kings were fond of moral and do what is the most fair. Machiavel said that to unite Italy (his ultimate goal), and rule without too much problems, you can't be a moral ruler, you have to do some immoral things ^^

Hi, what mods are you using for graphics in this video? Thanks!

Hey i see that you allways use the same grahical mod in your videos. Would you mind telling me which one is it?

strongest might not be the optimal title of the video if hamburg is on it

"What exactly is the Holy Roman Empire?" Well firstly it's not Holy nor Roman or an Empire. Secondly it's disgusting and nowhere near as awesome as Rome in Constantinople.

Can I get a link of the map mod please?

When you unite Germany, east frankia and northern Italy into a massive nation for more than 1000 years yet people wont call you holy, roman or even an empire.

Bavaria

What graphic mod is that?

Sire, we have built a magnificent city near the Rhine river. As you are the lord of the city, we give you the honor of naming it. What will our quaint little city be called? "Ah * sneeze * *ACHUHN!* " Excellent name sire! Achen! Or aken in our local rhenish.