Forming the RICHEST Nation in Victoria 3 1.8

[@LudietHistoria]

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[@TheIrtar]

1:19:00 Food consumption is present. It's in the mobilization options. Basic consumption is just grain but you can throw groceries and more at them with higher levels in return for better stats.

[@DairukaSutain]

Japan quickly becomes the king of Literacy in every one of my games even if the AI is playing them. They really buffed the heck out of it, and I am all for it.

[@fs2723]

Lunch time here, perfect. Greetings from France !

[@LudietHistoria]

Morning! enjoy ur lunch sir

[@taikika1347]

yay started playing vic 3 because of your videos Best guides ever

[@friedrichmirle7375]

42:00 Spamming rice farms is counterproductive. Due to their size, they displace twice as many peasants than they employ (who will then starve due to no employment, even more with laboursaving PMs). So if the subsistency farms are almost full, the thing to do is to make space first. Fish is a grain alternative in pop consumption, so build EVERY fishery. Wood is also a quick to scale industry that can employ large amounts of pops. Then more rice. Also helpful is using the Greener Grass edicts as soon as they are available, siphoning pops to Hokkaido, Sachalin and new African colonies.

[@TheOneIng]

Any progress with your plan to one day get to see Japan yourself? I suggest building a raft out of literal litter.

[@JoeJackaboa]

Hi Ludi, love these full 100 year playthroughs, would enjoy a video that focuses on highest possible QoL as these arent very common, for instance a small country with only financial districts or a sustainable communist utopia

[@sethwright2096]

In typical American fashion, I have to drive another 24 hours to get back home. So thanks for the wallet joke right off from the start, we are so back Hope you and yours are doing well Ludi 👍

[@ahuman3274]

Love your videos ludi❤

[@DareSpeak23]

Samurai Ludicrous Ludi!

[@Valkanna.Nublet]

It amazes me when someone can do such a great economy. I can never get it right and always end up in a huge mess, so I quit the game. I've tried following guides but I still can't manage things. I can't help but wonder if I'm failing on the very bare foundation of having too few or too many construction sectors, I can't seem to find anything that shows how to work out the right number to have, people just talk about building them without explaining how to work out when and how many to build.

[@deffect9042]

Why don't you shoot videos with some mods or global mods which are making game very another?(Sorry for my English if i make mistakes. I from Ukraine)

[@LudietHistoria]

mods coming soon

[@Makar_de_Medici]

Can not wait for You to do Japan in EU5.

[@gamingguruoz]

Heres my vichy 3 thesis cause im a massive fan, and such a complex video deserves a deep dive insight :) "It’s fascinating how, in Victoria 3’s 1.8 update, Japan becomes not just a “safe choice” for beginners, but a microcosm of the entire balancing act behind industrial modernization. On the surface, you’re trying to outproduce everyone while avoiding crippling revolts-yet there’s a deeper narrative at play: you’re steering an isolated feudal empire into the mechanized age without unleashing full-blown social chaos. Here’s where the real insights lie: Transforming Aristocratic Power Pre-restoration Japan is dominated by landed aristocrats (the Shogunate), who initially resist modernization. One hidden trick is to find ways to co-opt-or gradually diminish-their influence by enacting incremental reforms. Rushing liberal policies might trigger violent backlash in 1.8, so your best move is to carefully align interest groups so they embrace or tolerate new laws (like Colonial Exploitation or Educational Reform) that ultimately erode feudal structures. Evolving Political Movements & Avoiding “Cheese” The inability to “cheese” revolutions means you can’t simply force a quick overthrow of the old guard. Instead, you orchestrate partial concessions, quell unrest via infrastructure (like advanced roads, ports, and communication) and use carefully timed edicts or decrees. This micro-management of political friction teaches new players the real core of Victoria 3: that “progress” is part negotiation, part strategic timing-especially when major interest groups can block or sabotage your transitions. Strategic Industrial “Clumping” “Playing Tall” in Japan means focusing on intense industrialization in a handful of high-pop states instead of sprawling expansion. By clustering advanced production (steel mills, tool workshops, glassworks) in these hubs, you exploit synergy-one state’s surplus steel feeds your shipyards, which in turn fuel your maritime dominance. Meanwhile, your bureaucratic machinery centralizes taxation effectively. This orchestrated, methodical growth is easier to manage than peppering factories across many regions. The Real Use of “Peaceful Modernization” Achieving a near-bloodless modernization is an art in 1.8. The main test is to keep radicalism from ballooning as you pass laws that reduce aristocratic privileges or adopt Western institutions. The catch: each step must be sold to a half-willing public and interest groups. The “peaceful path” ironically requires constant vigilance-negotiating alliances between progressives and moderate conservatives to pass laws without igniting armed uprisings. Leveraging Global Markets Without Overreliance By the mid-game, you may be shipping your industrial goods worldwide. But the 1.8 patch made it trickier to overshadow foreign rivals via one-dimensional trade abuse. Japan, historically isolated, can pivot from feudal seclusion to global exporter-yet you must carefully manage trade routes, not let your domestic supply lines get hammered by foreign competition, and watch your standard-of-living improvements (which can balloon your bureaucracy cost if you push expansions too quickly). Focus on Education & Bureaucracy The real secret sauce: an educated populace that welcomes advanced production methods. Starting out with a fairly uneducated base, you’ll want to pass educational reforms as soon as possible, but also keep an eye on bureaucratic overhead. Over-invest in schools at the expense of basic needs, and you risk radicalizing the lower strata. Threading the needle means each new wave of graduates feeds directly into machine shops, chemical plants, or advanced R&D labs, fueling a virtuous cycle of modernization. Ultimately, tackling Japan under 1.8 offers an accelerated course in how to walk a tightrope between preserving domestic stability and unleashing rapid industrial might. The entire “restore the Emperor” storyline becomes a grand metaphor for shrewd political maneuvering: you’re not simply flipping Japan’s governance for historical flavor-you’re forging a new power structure that sees the country pivot from an archipelago of samurai strongholds to a globally relevant manufacturing powerhouse. By mastering that delicate balancing act, you internalize the essence of Victoria 3’s design: that every legislative tweak or industrial build order is part of a broader tapestry, where culture, economy, and revolution swirl into a single, dynamic narrative."

[@voidchaos8246]

Clicked so fast!

[@triko03]

Have you checked out Morgenröte yet? If yes, did you liked it?

[@mangyminotaur30]

Love the movie versions

[@Redmentalhm66]

Prussia was crushing Denmark Austria and France in 1860-1870 ı wish they made it realistic they even didnt annex austria because they thought their people would rebel and they didnt want to deal with that they had better guns than others

[@NathanMarrison-ye1fj]

How do you immediately colonise Sakhalin ? Every time I try it doesn’t work.

[@anarvgupta4287]

Pls do a sikh empire vid

[@irradiance_]

awesomesauce

[@Dreagostini]

Give me back my wallte, that's where I store the money I don't have!

[@planisfo2317]

come on ludi

[@mclovin_dragons3864]

Where’s the grand campaign continuation bruh

[@JRTM1965]

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Play as Khalsa Raj please

[@Clarity17]

Only 35 views in 2 minutes? Bro's having his downfall fr

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Oh wow, almost as though long videos take longer to pick up. But that sounds ridiculous... Anyway arrived at 3 hours and now there are 5.5k likes lol

[@dilligenteagle]

i feel like im robbed

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Im the wallet witch

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Nice

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41:24 someone clip yhis

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Cool

[@Sumosh27]

First! Love you Ludi!

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