EU4 A to Z - I SOLVED A 9 Year Old EU4 MYSTERY

In this video titled EU4 A to Z - I SOLVED A 9 Year Old EU4 MYSTERY I play as Larrakia in Europa Universalis 4 1.34 Lions of The North. This is the series titled A to Z where I attempt to play every* nation in EU4 in alphabetical order. Of course I had to remove some nations so the challenge doesn't get too boring. In this video I play as the nation of Larrakia and I attempt to conquer all of Australia and then turn it into my colonial nation. So, let's see if I managed to do it! I hope you guys enjoy this series. If you enjoyed this video consider leaving a like and subscribing for more content in the future.
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[@hay4664]

You've got to admire the Free Company's ability to get anywhere in the world in the 1400s instantly.

[@efulmer8675]

Cash is cash. Gotta do it for the moolah.

[@notyourbusiness8475]

Z

[@DonPedroman]

I mean, the free company is supposed to be a company or local, often undertrained and underequiped, soldiers, that in the game context serves as a generic one so everyone can rectuit at least some mercenaries

[@Xictlii]

@@DonPedromanwrong, it’s one single company.

[@HurricaneNova]

@@DonPedroman tf you on about. The free company is based on a real life mercenary group that operated from the late medieval ages to the industrial Revolution which had influence in europe and asia. While it did not operate in Australia or africa it was still a singular and really powerful mercenary group.

[@soumajitsen1395]

Hawk: I fear no man, but that thing Stalker Spain AI: Hawk: It scares me.

[@TheRedHawk]

Fr

[@homoinsanus4674]

I don't know who the last nation would be, in A to Z. But I want him to go all the way to 1820 as a grand finale of the series, once he reaches the last nation.

[@x999uuu1]

I think it's Zuni. North American native in the southwest. Much much pain.

[@victornunes900]

Last nation should be Yaroslavl. Unless he wants to do Yokuts, it doesn't technically have unique ideas but it's the only one with California Native Ideas.

[@eventuel4987]

If he does use the wiki, he'll finish with Yemen unless he wants to do a special one with zulu

[@TheKlaun9]

Easy goal, conquer all the other nations he has played.

[@mateusziii2067]

@@eventuel4987 Zulu is releasables

[@hoi-polloi1863]

"Spain's HERE? NOW?" The motto of 90% of my Aztec runs.

[@MrBattlecharge]

The motto of 90% of my non-European runs

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

You just have to unite the aztec tribes before 1470 usually.

[@InfiniteTimesEf]

Selling a province to Spain was a super clever move, never thought of that myself lol

[@RainCloud123]

As someone who plays in the Pacific semi regularly, it 100% feels like the AI Europeans are programed to hunt down the player nation. Had to fight Spain once and ended up in a 50 year long death war because they won't give up unless you start landing in Iberia.

[@babuyaism]

They don't if you're not the one who started the war. If you are the attacker, just invade the province and let the war score tick. Then they eventually give up the province (usually on the province).

[@wyndhamfreeman1489]

With one of these australians, you should form Mamluks.

[@Sulidaire]

When he plays the Mamluks. Colonize Australia. In my Mughal playthrough, my goal was to conquer all of the Levant culture provinces. It was tough to finish because the Mamluks took Exploration and island hopped to Australia.

[@evilemuempire9550]

Omg yes, I’m honestly surprised it wasn’t the Mamluks that tried to cuck this run

[@cloakedgt]

That's exactly why I always go for the coastline first, because the AI purposely tries to intervene in your conquest

[@Al-Timur]

When M Season comes out, as Mongolia convert al of Central Asia to Tengri

[@josepessoa9598]

Extreme amounts of P A I N

[@Al-Timur]

Perfection

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

Had a friend play as teutonic order horde, then switch to tengri and conquer all of asia in mp.

[@Al-Timur]

​@@obi-wankenobi9871based

[@Al-Timur]

If Tengri can have a syncrethic faith i think you could convert provinces to your other faith

[@triersero2763]

4:05 nothing beats sitting and watching reform progress tick up!

[@iquabakaner]

*Colonize inland provinces instead of rushing all the coastal ones *Europeans found a place to land *Surprised Pikachu face

[@aymericsense3690]

In EU4 there is a success with Wales call "Grand Slam", in reference of the rugby VI Nation tournament, where you have to own the cities of Dublin, Edimbourg, London,Paris, Rome and Cardiff. This year, Ireland did the Grand Slam (they beat every nation of the tournament), so why not, as Leinster do the Grand Slam success ? (Sorry for the orthography, I'm french)

[@carltonleboss]

Good idea

[@Aarlaeoss]

That is why you colonize the coasts first before the interior

[@gavin7683]

australia is all coasts though. theres like three interior provinces

[@DylanSargesson]

I'm pretty sure you can form the Australia tag if you stay as a Horde because that puts you in the Nomadic tech group (you get put back into the aboriginal one when you subsequently become a monarchy/republic/theocracy).

[@slaviansky]

As Leinster be the only green nation in Western Europe (pain)

[@SereglothIV]

During my first game in Indochina (as Khmer) the Ottomans went colonial and started colonizing Indonesia. The AI does follow you.

[@JAXIOJAXIA]

As Leinster, you should form Italy, because the flags of Ireland and Italy look so similar

[@yourranger7025]

I hope next time he plays in Australia he remembers to always colonize the coastal provinces first... just to save him from more pain

[@GetGet53000]

(s)pain

[@diegoparrillo8517]

I did watch this sitting at home in my pajamas and it was fun and easy to watch, thank you haha

[@gavin7683]

because Leinster has support rebels as a national idea, maximise support rebel efficiency (espionage, espionage-economic policy, espionage-humanist policy, for +195%)then bully spain as revenge.

[@Tobarius]

Maybe I missed it, but what was the mystery? Forming Australia as an Australian native?

[@macizogalaico]

the goal was instead of forming Australia, forming colonial australia while being an OPM outside of the island

[@Tobarius]

@@macizogalaico But the title mentions a 9-year old mystery. I'm just wondering what the mystery is supposed to be.

[@TheRedHawk]

Mystery is that the AI always focuses on the player

[@donkey9113]

@@TheRedHawk creative assembly and paradox must have had a cooperation for AI behaviour

[@colinmarshall6634]

@@TheRedHawk I've seen enough examples for it to be confirmed. Even just firing up an Ottoman game proves it. Hungary goes super saiyan with their missions and stays independent, Mamluks vassalize everyone, QQ guarantees AQ, etc.

[@Solmyr77]

Red Hawk is strengthening noble privileges so much that he should get a seat in the House of Lords by now.

[@matheusGMN]

selling a province to the AI to have an easier fight was a very genius move x)

[@shararm]

You'd think I'd get tired of watching Australia gameplay again but I'm not

[@Stevonicus]

There is no Pain without Spain

[@asdffsasdffaa]

Australia: Where Paradox makes you wait 60 years before you can play the game

[@Andrewdyne]

Australia: Now 30 years with electricity

[@TheSamwise61]

Amazing content! always nice to compare the pain between a-z and releasables :P

[@Oivn-]

I love how the free company fights with everyone in the earth respect to the founder

[@kevinsips3658]

When you do the last Aussie nation you need to form Austria

[@viniciusyugulis209]

When season M comes, as Mamluks, become Shogun and make all of the Muslim world Daymios to create a Islamic HRE

[@YuiFunami]

pros of australia tribes: really good ideas cons: incredibly good for insomnia

[@grexjr1420]

18:40 red hawk wakes up all the sleeper agents in his audience with code word “wood”

[@kremitthefog3881]

To add to that guys comment on Leinster being the only green nation in western Europe, it might not be that hard, eliminate Portugal, Ferrara, cologne, and baden?, doesn't seem too hard, I think I would suggesting taking a province from Portugal in the England peace deal and gunning for the burgundian inheritance to have access to the hre nations you need to eliminate

[@sciuresci1403]

To be fair in my Russia game spain colonized all of Australia by 1600s (Historically it was fully colonized in 1800s) And the rest of the world was completely colonized by 1650s. EU4 colonization is just broken in most aspects. You can occupy every province in Iberia and you'll get like 30% warscore because of massive colonies. In reality spain lost its colonies after Napoleon's invasion.

[@wotanvonedelsburg1610]

Than use mods for it.

[@taboretPL]

Gotta admit, the trick with selling the province was kinda smart

[@frostyguy1989]

European colonists are the reason why - if I'm playing in the New World - I always, always, ALWAYS colonise the coast first. The inland provinces aren't going anywhere.

[@HBon111]

When those guys left to circumnavigate the world. lmao "see ya!"

[@NishiAAAddiction]

Thanks for confirming a suspicion I've had for years. Yes, the AI does follow you. It happened with me and France in my game as Denmark. France rarely colonises a lot, or at all, but in my Denmark into Scandinavia game (to get the new achievements) they kept colonising everything and I had to fight a very scary France multiple times. Very painful. And also usually depending on where you play, I also get the feeling that one of the big guys next to you gets buffed. Because, for example, when I play far away from the Ottomans (like in Japan or something), they don't blob out too much. But when I play next to them, oh boy. I'll never forget having to fight an Ottoman empire that had EVERYTHING from Egypt, Yemen and Ethiopia all the way up to Moscow and Novgorod =D Now I always crush them the first chance I get. They're so annoying lol

[@aaronhansen2955]

Ur use of loans makes me anxious lol

[@Theotimus]

For ottomans convert Catholic and become emperor of the hre, or maybe pu a great power

[@Joseph_417]

I saw the thumbnail and I thought they added Australia as a formable nation that aboriginals can form if they conquer the whole island

[@sasi5841]

For series finale for a to z, you should do a world conquest.

[@Brakiros]

Spain AI: Hawk didn't colonize the coast fast enough, free real estate

[@PixelHazlitt]

I always dev my capital first, but then always use the cheapest surrounding province to dev the next institution and so on. That way my capital gets it super quick and high dev provinces surround each other so future institutions spread quickly. Feudalism, Renaissance, Colonialism, Printing Press…so much dev.

[@amilavxilmen5632]

Live how Spain just appear out of nowhere

[@NotGuy64]

I respect the hustle to keep up the a to s series

[@classiclife7204]

I would assume Spain got there via the Americas. Brilliant job on forcing the issue by making the Spanish colonial nation form ASAP!

[@x0lopossum]

23:20 SPAIN NOOOOOO

[@stefanbatory6752]

For the last episode of the series you should do Belozero World Conquest one faith

[@chileyley2799]

love the sound of fast monthly ticks.

[@TheLibermania]

24:30 You declare war, seize their colonies (via General button) and the ships get a lot of attrition -> Success.

[@DeanRasmussen]

Headset lookin pretty sweaty there, hawk

[@sokyu7723]

Next Aboriginal campaign form the Mamluks

[@matheusGMN]

Hey, since you said "if you're not doing it who will?" you should get Laith to play in the last episode of season L!

[@highwind6325]

Honestly selling the province was a genius move wow

[@Quadrophiniac]

I've tried to play in Australia a few times now, and I usually stop after like 20 years because I am so bored. I don't know how you make it through those first 50 years without going insane

[@AGrumpyPanda]

Watch a video on a second monitor.

[@Greg31558]

You actually can form proper Australia as an Australian native. The restriction on forming colonial nations these days is based on tech group. If you were to become a horde and convert to a non-native religion, when you go monarchy/theocracy/republic your tech group would change, and you'd then be able to form colonial nations. The tech group you pick up after converting away from a horde will be based on your religion (eastern for Christianity, Muslim for Muslim, ect).

[@jon_j__]

You know, if it wasn't for the absolutely painful start, it might be interesting to follow this strategy to play as an aboriginal Australia. (After moving the capital out, instead of going bankrupt, release and play as the CN. As far as I can tell, this should allow you to form Australia because you will be an independent former CN.)

[@Quget]

6:40 I feel called out :(

[@Ponanoix]

Paradox doesn't give natives enough love...Not even being able to form Australia??

[@joemcmanus9]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@IronWolf123]

Leinster is an Irish nation, and Irish are known for luck. For the challenge, take a province from every lucky nation in Europe in the 1444 start date. Good luck

[@shawnb1649]

Yes, play as Inca, Spain will beeline to Columbia. Play as any country that has a gold mine, Spain will just show up on your door like a stray cat and say, "Congratulations, you have been adopted."

[@yothitweeling9691]

If Leinster is one of the Irish nations, try conquering the whole English channel trade node, its more interesting then conquering north sea trade node.

[@WolfSpiritMan]

I LOVE these challenges with natives. They are my favorite type of pain! Also, I attack the natives and happily let them move around provinces. It is much faster than colonizing the province they pop into. Even waiting for truces to end, its still quite profitable to take their new province too. :-)

[@cobrazrt6006]

i played a Colonial Sri Lanka once and i was fighting Spain over Australia it was a pain in my rear

[@ДенисКомаров-д1з]

As Leinster make England take a loan for at least 100 ducket from you (reference to «A Song of Ice and Fire»)

[@ElasticSword]

Forget Australia, where do I get that shirt? The drip is sick my dude!

[@babuyaism]

You don't have to sell the province, just claim and start a war. When you occupy there since it is too far away from the mainland, they eventually get on lower morale and leave you the claimed province.

[@gokalpcanlbel9598]

As Leinster found house Lannister and from England because they have lion on the flag

[@yaroslavrudyuk5872]

18:38 Wood.

[@hotman_pt_]

Now you know: always lock the coastal provinces first lol

[@ashemrus]

As Leinster you must disband HRE, under 10 years if you can.

[@davidsoto1900]

Nice mustache, Hawk

[@juans213]

Nobody expected

[@JosefK-wv5gw]

Why didn't you at the very beginning create a federation of all countries, except for your neighbors, at the expense of which you would expand? Usually you can create a federation of 9-10 countries, which gives a huge increase in federal reforms. Thus, even before the end of the transition to the horde, you would have managed to complete all the federal reforms and unite all their lands.

[@x0lopossum]

Form the United States with Union borders from the Civil War as Leinster.

[@forTodaysAdventure]

i dont think new zealand appreciates australia written all over it

[@sirsneaky3550]

Wood!

[@bluestreak-3592]

Hello there

[@chicken4976]

General Kenobi

[@TheRedHawk]

Hi

[@minhuctrinh1059]

Can you show us what is Colonial Australia tech group please? Do they have aboriginal tech or western tech?

[@cosmin-danielroman7442]

Hi, Valahia when? Is personal for me and for you, i hope 🙏

[@monkeydetonation]

Crazy how easy it would be to completely ruin your Australian native game by innocently moving your capital

[@HDTomo]

Australians: Lakkaria has freed us! Lakkaria: I wouldn’t say freed, more like under new management

[@otto2280]

Im still pissed that they bundled these boring nations with mechanics in a dlc and not an area flavor pack

[@MPLoura]

Spain in Australia in 1560. bruh

[@bremflo]

Lame goal :*( Good vid :)

[@amilavxilmen5632]

What's your plan after finishing a to z

[@vtandromeda6790]

Wood🪵

[@fedrericsanchezburgoa7877]

plisss empire spain in 1444

[@Momma27]

Wow!

[@Kasaaz]

Is Indigenous Ideas any good?

[@HazmanFTW]

The Nga diphthong is pronounced more Na than N-ga, so it's kinda more Na-ti toha

[@Pan_Amo]

why did you get so much loans when capital was moved?

[@zf11]

Couldn't you have set free and played as the colonial nation from the subject menu? Then you would've been able to form Australia.

[@macizogalaico]

nations with colonial governments are unplayable, can't play as them

[@hopelesaromantic]

​@@macizogalaico you can play as colonial nations, I believe since leviathan

[@PAINNN666]

Which mystery? How to form Australia?

[@CSDragon]

I'm confused, you never mentioned a mystery once

[@flavioso20]

The title is only clickbait? Didn't hear anything about any mistery.

[@panda4262]

Easier - you shouldn't colonize one by one provice - just colonize coast...

[@jendreg1935]

Everything changed when the Spanish nation attacked.