Hoi4: Ruling the World as a Freakin Bear

poland, bears, what could go wrong?
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[@matttheaveragegamer7376]

Honestly I trust Wojtek far more than any other politician

[@xavierthepaladin5966]

At least he can’t lie

[@gec8297]

This was true because a Polish regimen found a boy down in Iran and he was holding a bear and then they took care of them and then they were part of an artillery regiment in the pharaoh court carried the cargo to the artillery spots and then the bear became the mascot of the unit

[@macosx10.7lion4]

Same lol

[@matttheaveragegamer7376]

@@gec8297 he actually had the rank of Kapral in the Polish army

[@gec8297]

Yes

[@cassweatherwax9559]

local homeless woman shows up, proclaims herself queen, conquers half of two continents in a brutal war, and is then deposed by a bear. honestly i hope she got a nice retirement, and long live the bear king

[@WikterRor2807]

Hoi is weird hahah. I imagine she just sits at the throne eating most exquisitely prepared meals, sleeping in a cozy bed. Being a pepper of the military

[@thegamerthatnoonewanted2621]

I think she deserves a great retirement life because of her efforts.

[@Casual2270]

do not dishonour Wojtek. He literally served as artillery crew in the battle of Monte Cassino (he was carrying the shells)

[@aijaviikinen9297]

The ultimate being

[@clockodilee8399]

He who bears the shells

[@anotherrandomguy6012]

@@clockodilee8399 Shall rule the lands of Poland

[@nathanplays5514]

he's the reason that they won

[@Mwraf]

Hero of Ploska

[@madsam7582]

What happened after that? Can he bear the weight? Did he end up ruling the world?

[@lordchaos3090]

Me a german who wants his country to be own by a foreign country: Yes

[@foxokon94]

That is an absurd Easter egg, I adore that bear!

[@ckhound1]

1) This is the way the world should be ran 2) Hope you had a good thanksgiving

[@xavierthepaladin5966]

U too man

[@AMERIKKALAINENPERSMULKKU]

Hyvää Joulua

[@carolusrex7627]

God jul Yes i know im late

[@valterdomingues]

Bear in mind how fun this achievement is! Btw, is there an option to change Berlin name to... Bearlin? 😂

[@Dloin]

They already have a Bear as symbol.

[@Charles-In-Charge]

The flag says it all!

[@MilnaAlen]

Just reminded me of my childhood memory, my dad brought 2 souvenir bears from Berlin, and my sister just named them Ber and Lin 😂

[@onbearfeet]

The etymology of "Berlin" is an old word for "bear". Same for Bern, Switzerland and a few other places in Europe. So yeah, Berlin is already Bear City. :)

[@Karlss61]

I hate you Im now gonna go to Bearcelona

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

If you release Lithuania as a puppet you can do the commonwealth focus and instantly annex and get the cores

[@mxsaru7920]

I love how in real real he only became a corporal which to be fair for a bear is an astounding achievement but in this game you can loterally make him the king of half of Eurasia

[@Zack_Wester]

I mean the Brits have/had a penguin at the rank of General

[@rwdyeriii]

The US Marines had a horse that made Sergeant Major if I remember right.

[@o5-682]

animals are generally given high ranks so that soldiers are discouraged from abusing them (more punishment for assaulting a senior officer)

[@samhashemiasl1084]

King wojtek deserves all of our beer

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

He’s a very good boy

[@narutox5552]

Yes and lit cigarettes

[@gavinb238]

Bruh I was so convinced this was a troll. Especially when you randomly said you needed the artillery focus for the event to trigger. Absolutely hilarious.

[@WikterRor2807]

I knew he wasn't joking as I knew the bear was in the altilwry core

[@RyGuyTheStrong]

*Sees a literal bear on the ballot* ............. ............. *shrug of approval* "Ok."

[@imperialgamer1667]

Of course a stereotypical Slavic Empire has a bear as Tsar. It's actually kind of funny.

[@trollman1296]

All hail King Wojtek, May his reign be prosperous and peaceful I'll expand this later, feel free to add your own line for King Wojtek Original Comment: The first monarch to fight on the front lines since Napoleon

[@irenaveksler1935]

Kind of?

[@B1smarck523]

What about Belgian king in WW1?

[@andorraball1253]

@@B1smarck523 ah the infamous congo chopper

[@torg2126]

@@andorraball1253 his nephew, I think

[@onbearfeet]

May his beer and lit cigarettes be neverending!

[@thenerd5992]

This is my mom’s worst nightmare in the most literal sense imaginable. she literally had a nightmare when she was young were an army of bears took over the world and ate everyone. She was in Yellowstone with her family and my dad, who she was still dating at that time, and they saw some bears nearby. They all got out to watch them while my mom was having a breakdown in the car because she thought they were gonna charge them and kill them all, she was screaming for them all to get in the car… the bears were several hundred feet away from them.

[@WikterRor2807]

Phobia or is she just histerical?

[@christopherbennett8083]

I would totally support a bear for the king of Poland. Huzzah for the King!

[@stakuyi]

I would unironically do this

[@onbearfeet]

@@stakuyi As all sensible humans should.

[@comradewindowsill4253]

@@stakuyi some places have a dog or cat as mayor, what's so strange about being ruled by a bear?

[@candykent]

The funniest thing is that wojtek actually existed and fought with the polish as a soldier in Italy like at the battle of monte cassino.

[@OhioStudiosOG]

"we need more soldiers, commander!" Random bear: Bear noises "he's.... Perfect."

[@trentonking5508]

.....

[@kaidenhall2718]

Yea that’s ehh this is possible

[@WikterRor2807]

​@kaidenhall2718 well it did happen. He was kind of very much a propaganda mascot at some point, but the true thing is that soldier bough him off as a small cub off some illegal poachers and taught him to carry munitions and be like their mascot, supposedly some Italian spy didn't hear about it, so when he saw a fucking bear in the showers he thought he'd get mauled and got caught

[@Gungnirs_revenge]

The isolated trade policy can be changed when you have another port, here it was when Lithuania was annexed. Also the new changes from the open beta which is now normal as of yesterday reduces the chances of spies getting captured SIGNIFICANTLY

[@KelgorothTheFinalShape]

It also fixes Turkey joining factions when their a puppet

[@justinsanchez6255]

My spies always get caught in the USSR. They are invisible everywhere else but I feel like it's impossible to make a collab in the USSR

[@Gungnirs_revenge]

@Justin Sanchez yes but in the tungsten update released I think yesterday the detection chance of nkvd advisors has been reduced from 5% base to 0.2%. It also tooltips forming Austro-Hungarian empire and annexing czechoslovakia and other stuff like removing agrarian society from India etc

[@polishscribe674]

Fun fact: You can form Slavic Union in CK2, which is older than hoi

[@prestonjones1653]

Pretty sure you have to be tribal though.

[@topoltopol9777]

@@prestonjones1653 Nope. You can be any government and religion. Also you can do it in CK3.

[@jaedenapo4402]

Can you get Wojtek?

[@polishscribe674]

@@jaedenapo4402 As if he was alive in middle ages

[@kaidenhall2718]

@@polishscribe674 well was he?

[@Lastwurmjr61]

Stakuyi your recent videos have been extremely good and I think this video will be as chaotic and fun as the others

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

Hey I really appreciate it. I want to get the quality up as high as I can. The more suggestions people can provide, the better

[@rosscalverley]

@@historyofeverythingpodcastwould like to see the Cossack King but probably won’t be the next video.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

"I am not trapped in the eastern front with a bunch of Soviets! You're all trapped out here with me!"

[@RunnerGameZYTXD]

Anastasia went from a homeless woman to a literal leader of the whole europe

[@hobolecho8507]

If you dropped this video 2 seeks ago this would be perfectly paired with Polands Independence Day, but still great video as always. Also you read Polish names nearly perfectly, im impressed.

[@samtheking5759]

2 seeks?

[@davidburke6139]

The maniacal laughter mixed with “it’s fine, it’s fine”…hilarious!

[@FIVEBASKET]

Epic Poland moment and great content stakuyi

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

Thank you my friend

[@karlo6787]

Fun fact ursus in the comunist block was one of the best farm machinery producers in the eastern block.

[@MentallyStable-bi1hz]

Ur-sus

[@WikterRor2807]

With factories in well... Ursus😅

[@undervibes5042]

That cavalry officer is a real person, and absolute legend. Look him up, Witold Pilecki; first man to give a report on the camps.

[@robertlewis6915]

Sabaton did a song on him. Inmate 4859 is the name, I think.

[@ooffilipinopatriot7605]

17:23 NKVD: Hippity hopity your spies are now dead.

[@A2kry]

“ he is barley holding on” that pun was actually funny lol

[@aravindhanil7235]

10:00 You can change trade law now because of Lithuanian ports Otherwise usually you only have Danzig as a port and hence the Embargoed Economy law

[@Soren015]

I could hear Frederick II scream in agony, across the aeons, when you explained the Focus Tree option of going with the "Hollaholsen".

[@doctortre5397]

This... This is the proper way things should have ended in WW2.

[@kevincronk7981]

17:50 hussars are a Hungarian thing. The polish, who had a lot of close ties with Hungary throughout history, stole the idea and added ornamental wings and called it their own thing

[@retsmon3440]

I've laughed a lot during this episode! Thank you Stakuy

[@Idk_342]

The polish bear now. Russia how the tables have turned

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

It turns With lots of vodka to grease the axle

[@CL3V3Rtrevor]

Pills are so spicy, it'll have you foaming at the mouth for more.

[@ZFire2020]

Well there IS also a Hearts of Furries mod.... just saying, more, than one way to put animals onto the throne...

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

Oh god

[@thefellamachinima]

🙁

[@ghiaccio4179]

Imagine waiting whole 9 months just to name your child Wojtek Best mistake of one's life

[@clxssicsisgod]

Imagine waiting for your child to grow up just for them to have an anime profile pic

[@ghiaccio4179]

@@clxssicsisgod imagine feasting on the insides of your enemies

[@clxssicsisgod]

@@ghiaccio4179 just to flex on the oops?

[@foldervtolvr]

Honesly I love the idea of the Polish Resistance using the distraction of the Winter War to shove into the USSR. (Poland was captured almost exactly 1 month before the winter war began)

[@adastra3280]

Protip for getting cores on Lithuania quickly: annex them, release them as a puppet, and do the commonwealth focus, which will give you cores on Latvia and Lithuania, and will annex both if they’re your subjects.

[@maxstel1059]

I didn't know that was there thank you, for telling us!

[@CL3V3Rtrevor]

Hey Stakuyi, another great upload, I'm glad to have subbed to you. Your videos are always entertaining.

[@stakuyi]

Thank you my friend

[@Pookiebear2424]

Some times you’re watching a video that really intrigues you and then you see the title ruling the world as a bear and then you just have to watch it BECAUSE ITS A BEAR RULING THE WORLD HOW CRAZY DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO COME UP WITH THAT

[@kermitbilly]

I was there this all happened

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

Yes

[@John.Not-Jack.Daniels]

Wow. I've only seen short videos from this guy. I had no idea his main videos were full of Paradox games. Nice.

[@outofideas9985]

"SIR WHAT ARE YOUR ORDERS?" "Rawr" "Understood, sir."

[@onbearfeet]

I've been saying for years that bears should be in charge of everything. Long live King Wojtek!

[@Sh4quille0atmeal]

poland: big speedbump belgium: small speedbump

[@polishscribe674]

You can tell that he isn't used to Poland as he gets mobilization before the noble beaurocrat (+15% pp +15% stability) Edit: abolishing class segregation is better than nationalist education as for Poland stability is more important than war support that jumps to 100% the moment you're attacked and non core manpower is better than some bonus for attack and defence in core states.

[@uttamvaix]

9:50 so relatable 💀💀💀 litteraly nothing changed between cz and sk

[@lemonke4209]

Don’t worry just ’bear’ with me BEST JOKE I HEARD Stakuyi

[@Yes-pd3cb]

Good lord, posting a lot recently. Keep up the good work man, you are great.

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

Oh yea, and a history video coming too. I’m really trying to catch up on things

[@Yes-pd3cb]

@@historyofeverythingpodcast Good on you.

[@negandavidson9600]

I still need that achievement, so I might try this strategy.

[@lonestar_iconoclast]

I'll be honest, thus is probably one of the most fun runs you've done in _Hearts of Iron VI._ Even some of the Fallout: New Vegas and MLP runs pale in comparison to just how OP you made Poland and how quickly WOrld War II got resolved. I'm really hoping there's an alternate universe where, instead of the Soviet Union, there is now The Slavic Republic of Poland. That would likely end to a lot of Pollock jokes.

[@noobplaye1218]

Wojtek challenge Light artillery only Wojtek as leader No aerial No navy Only artillery

[@comradewindowsill4253]

it was not the bear puns that did me in- it was him pronouncing hohenzollern as hollerholzen

[@inukleist5258]

Wojtek is HOI's version of Glitterhoof

[@benjamincorwin8970]

i was not expecting... a literal bear ascending the throne. maybe as a way to transfer the royal powers elsewhere... but what just happened...?

[@Now_Roxas]

The history books will be This is a video from the pre ww3 Era before Russia invaded the Baltic states About a video game about the ww2 Era truly a weird experience

[@elconcaro8031]

All Hail King Wojtek

[@GaijinCartoonist]

28:50 What a laugh

[@plasticbazooka]

This challenge seems like a real bear but you bore it with unbearable courage.

[@spartanking1188]

I couldn’t bear the wait for the bear to become king

[@JamesTrifolium]

Ah yes, who could forget the Canadian royal family, the House of Holler-Hoser.

[@apollothefirst]

Now you can use an Easter egg (Romanov) to unlock and Easter egg (Wojtek), to get an Easter egg (Wojtek on the thrown), to unlock another Easter egg (Funny polar bear land)

[@wojtekpolska1013]

You can remove the embargoed economy after getting a coastline any other than Gdańsk or Gdynia. you annexed Lithuania which gave you a coastline

[@archenepnf]

She upgraded the speedbump of europe into an even bigger speedbump!

[@stepheningram6415]

That was awesome!

[@arthurfisher582]

This was so much fun.

[@xarin8945]

Wojtek the bear is one of a kind. He carried bullets, smoked cigarettes and was awesome

[@legionx4046]

He carries artillery shells not just bullets

[@ceterfo]

I could bearly handle the puns.

[@nathanplays5514]

honestly wojtek is probably the only polish leader to be able to be a good leader in poland

[@sulemanhaider1305]

Long live the homeless Queen and the literal bear king

[@snowcube_steel]

who knew some random Homeless woman would be so useful as a queen

[@Hatsuzu]

If you go Cossack king and Germany goes for the kaiser, you can rush down Germany during the civil war,the wargoal should be ready as soon as the civil war ends and Germany should have practically no divisions

[@adiuntesserande6893]

You gave them the option, and the Czechs bounced....

[@saladhead8690]

Bear.

[@Kermit345]

I have no idea how to play this game but you make it look easy

[@afbee]

All hail King Wojtek!

[@nightmarexgaming120]

29:22 Well considering he was a random homeless man at one point he might be proud

[@KilroyNoBrain]

Lovely videos we don't have to bear to watch!

[@ShackleYT]

To explain what was going on with the embargoed economy stakuyi Danzig was your only port, but they didn't want to be a part of poland, so they embargoed and completely blocked you from using your only port. in history, the Polish got around this by exporting through the baltic states (with a high tax) but by absorbing Lithuania, you also gained access to their ports, and you completely bypassed danzig, and basically gave the germans in the city the middle finger.

[@TheNaturalnuke]

Poland + Slovakia + Lithuania + Latvia + Estonia looks like a bear riding another bear

[@Hive__]

I once again have to be astonished that Steve probably is the person in the world with the most eyebrow movement... And I am slowly learning to handle it

[@magicmanticore3536]

Imagine conquering half the world only to be deposed for a bear.

[@Carzycheatah]

Wojtec the artillery bear

[@laurabeth31187]

King Wojtek Romanov Of Poland Shall "Liberate" The World

[@hoppy78]

I can already tell these jokes are going to be un-*bear*-able

[@bro_xd3793]

Much enjoyed

[@NoMercy745]

Obligatory "The Winged Hasurs arrived" reference.

[@SumPolishGuy]

As a Polish man, Wojtek is actually our leader and our president Andzrej Duda actually has Wojtek inside his brain with buttons and levers and switches

[@ekvictory007]

Willing to bet Litler would have been thinking something like "No wonder the Russians shot them all." in reference to the Romanovs. 😂

[@dakotajohnson4229]

Imagine if this was historically accurate and Poland joins the Allies. Just picture the summits.

[@cxgrosskreutz7213]

Say what you want, about Wojtek but he is the cutest king any country will ever have.

[@MileMinecrafter]

10:10 the reason why you could change from embargoed ecconmoy was that you got another port so you dont have to use danzig

[@The-Wizard-King]

This is the good timeline

[@Checkviewpreview]

I think animals would be better leaders than most people

[@WszechWiadro]

I like that people think that bears are russian Animals were meanwhile in Poland we Had 3 bears in the army Wojtek the Shell Carier Basia the Patriotic Dancer And the last one i dont rember

[@Orkhane]

That was a lot of fun

[@casebouchard2478]

I just got an add where there was a robot dinosaur trying to mate

[@Cristian_Adejandro98]

All hail the king of Poland