I created a MONARCHY USA in Victoria 3

Victoria 3 USA - one of the actuaklly fleshed out and unique nations. Having said that, we also have the potential for a hidden Victoria 3 Formable nation - the United Sovreign archduchy.\ This is what happens when you become a monarchy as the United States in Victoria 3. The USA Victoria 3 monarchy is a thing of pure chaos, with a qorld conquest not beyond your reach owing to the vast resources at your disposal.
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Emperor:
Holy Emperor Dar
JoshuaS
Lewis Wright
Tyler McGlynn
Hunter Grabski
King:
Blenderman
Crilly
Flyerton99
Ghostwolf567
JdoW52
Sjalmi
Matvei Novikov
Orginal
Redguard76
ShadowSinger
Duke:
Arthur Pendragon
Benjy442
ColeZawesome
Cutaline
HoratioNullbuilt
Ken Jones
Of The Dragon
Stuart Watson
Thomas Carmichael
Count:
AssBreath
Bobby Bottle Service
Brandon Smith-Darby
danjamrod
Marius
Red Star
Søren Ryge
ThatOneGuy
Urstromquelle
Baron:
choppyrice
Hachi
Hunkulous
Jason Boomgarden
Joey Arnold
Morgan Jones
Tobias Lauge Borgstrøm
Trevor
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[@elvastan]

Fun fact: The first use of World War I style trench warfare was at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia in 1865 at the very end of the US civil war

[@daudiochero]

"War...War never changes"

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@daudiochero Well, it does evolve and adapt to new technologies but... yeah, some of the core values stay the same.

[@goldenhate6649]

@@thalmoragent9344 its a quote my man.

[@aoki6332]

@@goldenhate6649 yep but its a wrong quote war change a lot but yeah the key fundamental stay the same the war never changed was taken out of context the real quote was this The nature of war never changes; "war," after all, "is an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will,"

[@malaboom]

@@aoki6332 ? I don’t think the fallout quote is being misremembered. And yes the point of the fallout quote is that the fundamental reasons for war never change, or, “war, war never changes”.

[@KorliWolf]

Here's my theory about how the United Soveirgn Archduchy is an empire. For those that don't know an Archduchy is essentially a kingdom, the title originates from the Holy Roman Empire. So, the morarchy of the USA is an empire, but defines itself in the name as an archduchy, but I don't think that's the case, remember in it's republic form, it's the *United States* of America, now its the *United Soveirgn* Archduchy. As a republic the USA defines itself as a union of states inside the republic of America, but as a monarchy the USA defines itself as a union of soveirgn archduchy states, under the empire of America. Tldr; the United Soveirgn Archduchy, is an empire where each state is an archduchy, essentially a kingdom, under the emporer

[@Spacemarine658]

Makes a lot of sense I think a cool mechanic that would make this more clear (but probably less playable) would be every state becomes a puppet except the actual DC area would definitely make for an interesting run through

[@KorliWolf]

@@Spacemarine658 definitely an interesting run, and most certainly would be unplayable. Perhaps the reason their all still united under the one emperor is because, like in CK3, the emperor holds the titles of the archduchy's, like how Napoleon was both the emperor of France, and also king of Italy, but with all 48 mainland archduchy's

[@eagleowl833]

@@Spacemarine658 if the nation becomes too decentralised then that should happen. So if the CSA rises to power and aren't able to maintain national unity then they will fully lean into the idea of states rights and become an alliance of all but independent states. Similar thing could happen to the USA if political instability results in a weak and ineffective government. Plus it would be funny to see the American Empire meet the same fate as the Holy Roman Empire. Just imagine the Archduchy of Ohio conquering it's neighbours and forming a Great lakes Empire of its own.

[@Spacemarine658]

@@eagleowl833 *mod makers* WRITE THAT DOWN ✍️✍️✍️✍️

[@micayahritchie7158]

@@Spacemarine658 surely it should be archduchies plural no?

[@lapisdragon1237]

Please continue your native American game in Victoria 3. This is a demand.

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

Agreed would be funny to see the reconquista of Americas by the natives

[@DrEdelweiss]

Yeah, great idea.

[@Kraken9911]

Did you just Diplo play for a Native American run? I'm declaring neutrality.

[@Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel]

It would be based

[@lapisdragon1237]

@@DrEdelweiss Ev'ry morning you greet me

[@TwoGendersInATrenchcoat]

Laith managed to recruit Robert E. Lee, Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, and James Longstreet. All three were generals of the Confederate army. Laith really did decide to go reverse-America this game.

[@pilsplease7561]

All were amazing generals, and definitely kicked ass, Stonewall is probably the best general of the entire civil war, and I am 100% sure if he wasnt accidentally killed by his own men that the civil war would have had a much different course and that grant would have not had a easy time.

[@lilschlagen]

3:44 Well, New York technically banned the ownership of slaves but they still invested heavily into the slave trade and were the heart of it's shipping industry for a while. There was a surprising amount of support in some areas of rural New York for the south, although once the war really sparked off they decided against joining them and the support waned overtime.

[@noahjohnson935]

Charleston became the big hub for it eventually as New York went to other endeavors

[@lilschlagen]

@@noahjohnson935 Yeah I just wanted to point out that NY wasn't exactly a non-slave state. A lot of people turn a blind eye to all the awful stuff that was happening in north simply because they weren't explicitly endorsing slavery. The NYC Draft Riots are a clear example of how it took the entire country a long time to progress rather than the typical humanitarian north vs backwards south narrative.

[@noahjohnson935]

@@lilschlagen oh 100% I admire you putting this here. I just wished to add a bit more context for those reading the comments. there's a lot that needs to be more prevalent in the US conscience when it comes to the Civil War

[@Wasserkaktus]

Great Britain banned the International Slave Trade at the beginning of the 19th Century and the U.S. completely respected that ban: Any transportation of slaves from that point was done domestically, so I am not sure where you are getting at claiming that New York somehow profitted so massively from the domestic trade of slaves.

[@micayahritchie7158]

@@Wasserkaktus Except that I don't think it was even respected in Britain. There are people in the UK who's records were shown to be shipping slaves to the US and Brazil after it was meant to be abolished. If I remember correctly there was a bit of controversy in Merseyside recently when they found out that one of the big guys held up in Liverpool and Manchester over the centuries was profiteering off a banned slave trade. I might be entirely wrong here though

[@willbow1304]

About the Puppeted Brazil's flag, it was a real thing. When the Empire was abolished, a Republic took place and, since it was inspired by the USA (the only model of a big republic up until that point in history), they called themselves the United States of Brazil and adopted the same flag as the USA's, but with green and yellow (former Empire's colours) instead of white, red and blue.

[@calliope5681]

hottest political take is that laith is underrated and i enjoy the tangents just as much as the gameplay. this isn't shilling i'm just new to the paradox youtube scene and surprised that laith doesn't have a larger audience

[@Dovadweebs]

Looks like a shill, quacks like a shill, for is it a shill, still?

[@jackboehm8408]

It's kind of funny that Ohio became the industrial epicenters in Laith's game; They used to have a ton of factory towns and made the most rubber, steel, and a bunch of other materials in The U.S.A, but that came a bit after the 18 hundos.

[@denniswilkerson5536]

Was hoping to see some wacky tabacky Ohio randomness

[@blackjacktrial]

Archduchy keeps the USA naming scheme, if that wasn't clear.

[@milkmessiah5192]

Yea they do it with all of the different gov types, like the United Synods of America for the theocracy and the United Syndicates of America for the commies

[@tsarXadam]

My hottest political take is that Laith should declare himself Archduke of America.

[@darkpurpleinsanity9461]

Tbh I agree that avoiding the civil war in america is way too easy in Vic3. Like pretty much the entire half century leading up to the war was building up tension over the Slavery debate, and by the time it came to a head the South revolted not because slavery was outlawed, but because even the idea of slavery getting outlawed was too much for them. You really shouldn't be able to sidestep the issue by the time Vic3 begins

[@wyattburke1837]

Actually it would be easy, just stop Jackson from becoming pres, without the democratic part, bloody Kansas, trail of tears, wouldn't have happened that would prevent the majority of interstate tensions

[@Alex_Fahey]

@Wyatt Burke The Trail of Tears or something worse would have happened anyway. America was growing rapidly in population by immigration and birthrate. Americans kept moving westward for the then largely unused agricultural goldmine of the South - despite the fledgling USA government's wishes - and colonizing Indian territory. Jackson, in an effort to avoid all-out genocidal war, solved the problem relatively peacefully by diplomatically strong-arming the bordering tribes into moving to the territories out west. Similarly, Bloody Kansas was a product of, what seemed at the time, a smart idea for peacefully resolving the slavery debate from then on by leaving the decision up to the respective state's popular sovereignty. To cut a long story short, it did not turn out the way they hoped and inflamed tensions, and sadly, they lacked the benefits of hindsight to never do it in the first place.

[@efulmer8675]

My first and so far only game as the US - the very first thing I did was Ban Slavery. I just... did it. Now I also crashed my economy pretty hard in an unrelated effort, but you should not even be able to *touch* that law button without something going massively wrong until something changes (perhaps the population of the North reaches some threshold?) in the US.

[@aMiyafuji]

For Trench Infantry being so early, it's probably because the Civil War was when trenches really started appearing. It was probably a really good thing it ended when it did because the war probably would of gotten a lot worse if it kept going from the expanded use of the trenches.

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

The reason trenches only saw limited use during the Civil War was because the amount of front vs the amount of soldiers wouldn't allow continuous trench systems like we saw in WWI. Any field fortifications that sprung up could be bypassed or outflanked if the commander actually felt like doing so.

[@oracle372]

Laith trying to switch from the awkward topic to innovation before miserably failing because of the -5 from book burnings was hilarious

[@tigrecito48]

if you want gold laith you need to buy alaska off the russians asap before they realise their mistake

[@celionovais6273]

Laith being a legit brit guy playing as the USA and creating the UKA, the United Kingdom of America.

[@dueling101]

funnily enough the strategy you used for fighting Mexico was the real strategy the us used in the mexican american war down to zachary taylor leading the naval invasion

[@alexwilliams8365]

As an Alabamian, I have to inform you that Alabama is home to the second largest research park and the home of Space Camp

[@kingjamestres]

Not to mention Huntsville (the place you're talking about) has the highest percentage of engineering PhD's in the country.

[@goose2tat2]

@@kingjamestres yep, granted from what i remember we have some of the worst math averages in highschool. It was like 2nd worst i believe, idk if that is still a thing or if it has improved though.

[@sasi5841]

@@goose2tat2 perfectly balanced

[@fareflight2029]

"I think I'm going to fight the Civil War... on the side of the Confederates". Amazing sound bite.

[@Goldenblitzer]

Please continue the anbennar run, every channel I’ve seen stopped where you did, and I want to see the jadd!

[@WeaselLikeMan]

23:50 Funny thing is that the US government didn’t ban slavery until after the war. The war happened anyway.

[@Jay2JayGaming]

10:01 Even though I was focused on something else, when you said this my Alabamian slander-sense, honed from many years of being slandered, tingled ominously.

[@yetikings]

This was actually pretty fun to watch - haven't played this game yet but this is definitely making me consider it

[@duphasdan]

An archduchy is a collection of dutchies. Effectively he changed the united states, a collection of states, to an archdutchy, a collection of dutchies. Each state, now a dutchy, is lead by a duke. The nation is lead by an archduke.

[@401craft6]

17:30 Ahhhhh, how to forget 1st October of 1860, when Netherlands helped Netherlands

[@sweet_xandy_candy4208]

The American civil war actually pioneered most of the things that happened in WW1 so it does make sense for trench infantry to get implemented around the 1870s or 80s cause by that point the Americans had shown the effectiveness.

[@wyattburke1837]

Only real difference was Gatling guns instead of machine guns

[@snowyboi11]

The day I see a Hungary Campaign is the day i be happier than a little kid.

[@patrickbohn5235]

Alabama actually has one of the best law schools in the country.

[@zachjohnson8944]

14:47 Ohio and the other states around the Great Lakes were actually major industrial states, until all the industries left

[@Fishpizza1212]

Illonios, Ohio and Pennsylvania are still the 5th, 6th, and 7th highest gdp's of the US States in 2022. If Ohio were a country, it would have the 22nd highest gdp in the world just after Turkey and Taiwain, and have a higher gdp than Poland, Switzerland and Sweden. Many of the industries are still there, just taking on more modern forms.

[@zachjohnson8944]

@@Fishpizza1212 Of the states in the Rust Belt Ohio and Illinois are definitely the ones that bounced back the most. At least they didn’t turn out like Detroit

[@wyattburke1837]

Yeah Dems did that after we supplied the north with guns

[@Jay2JayGaming]

12:25 Interesting fact, Nebraska derives its name from an anglicization of a native American word- in this case, Ñí Brásge, an Otoe word meaning "flat water". I always found it morbid that the US tends to name states and cities after the natives that used to live there- you know, before we murdered them during this time period.

[@RichV20]

You can only have so many New Yorks, Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Lancasters, King of Prussia, Bismarks before you start running out of European names. Canada cities and towns were probably taking all the good English names so America started naming states, counties, cities and towns after native tribes and what they called the particular area. the US is a big place and it needs to be mapped and named.

[@im-essi]

huh, so that's what the united archduchy is, monarchist usa. I had them pop up in my first playthrough, which was........ cursed

[@qliphalpuzzle5453]

Wow this was when the King Andrew joke actually became true

[@qliphalpuzzle5453]

Yes I know it says James Adams, we can ignore that

[@TheCoyote808]

I got a good laugh when you sent longstreet up the middle. If only you could find Pickett.

[@a-drewg1716]

They absolutely need to add more flavor to the game even if that means having railroaded events such as the US Civil War. It, otherwise, it just ruins the replayability when every country plays the same whether you play the USA, or Britain, Prussia, or some random minor.

[@rennaaa6667]

Get a thermal mug Laith, will keep you coffee warm long!

[@gawkthimm6030]

yo Laith, I would love to see a play-through were you play as the Any of the great powers and try to dismantle any of the other great powers into smaller independant states or liberating their colonies and then later get them as protectorates or into a customs unions, but never conquer or puppet any states from any great powers outright (the end goal is when there are many independant small states, but no powerful great power except the player, who mostly dominates economically), while also out-matching all others production and out-competing them on GDP-per-capita and living standard. A grand macro strategy of "Divide and Rule"... literally split any great power up into smaller bits and rule through economics

[@FunkyMonkeyI]

The Republic was overthrown and thus the Archduchy was born. Ironically it's best general was General Robert Edward Lee, who in another timeline was the Confederacy's greatest General.

[@kitsunelover5572]

Good video, like always.

[@FozzyBBear]

I'm kind of pleased that when I tried to search for "Victoria 3 how to exterminate the Cherokee", I got no results.

[@thebigsmoker1676]

I love the longer video's tbh

[@diseabronx5075]

Now for the Penultimate goal. Start the Imperium of Mankind from Tibet!!

[@johndaniel657]

Laith's general staff during this game was just filled with Confederate generals.

[@matthewthompson4739]

Minnesota has massive deposits of iron so it makes sense that they could potentially be an industrial powerhouse.

[@nathanaelsallhageriksson1719]

My hottest political take: I think eugenics.

[@chihaya2299]

He doesn't get the pun, United Sovereign Archduchy is still USA

[@AlvorReal]

Laith, I don’t think you wanna talk about the Americans being bad considering what Tunisia was doing around this time period xd

[@DoctorLoudonclear]

Andrew Jackson's political opponents would often refer to him as a monarch, so "King Andrew Jackson" wouldn't have been an uncommon phrase during his presidency.

[@anubarak9184]

Laith it's United Sovereign Arch-duchy because that makes it the USA for short. that's the only reason.

[@zachmoore6084]

It’s the next logical step in Manifest Destiny

[@lawden210]

I've never seen the US get Oregon or Alaska in this game(especially the events for them)

[@weabootrash5891]

It's not that hard to do when you're playing yourself, but yeah the America AI is super dumb and usually can't get anything done. Doesn't help that purchasing Alaska is near-impossible through the event- IO usually just fight the war

[@space__idklmao]

5:00 Florida had a low population and was basically just a few towns in swamps in with malaria until the introduction of DDT to kill all the mosquitoes

[@elcazador3349]

6:20 - Carthago Delenda Est!

[@pontusrosholm]

Roma Invicta!!

[@tigrecito48]

hey laith, instead of spreading "freedom" around the world, you can spread "fiefdom" lol

[@antares0063]

"There's a lot of good stuff in Ohio." 🧐

[@wyattburke1837]

Ohio et imperia

[@401craft6]

27:46 Brazil in Prussian market looks so fucking cursed, but is not so crazy

[@IamAWESOME3980]

consitution, no royal title shall be granted by the federal government. EXCEPT KING!!!!

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

It would be cool if they let regions and such rebel and start alliances. Like it would be cool to be a state and make alliances with other states and then decide to rebel or force your higher gov to give you what you want. Like imagine that for France or the UK or in Russia instead of playing the nation you play as the lower provisional government of said nation

[@svanteernestam9406]

I think Timur was the most peaceful and benevolent ruler in history

[@Jovan_of_AEA]

The title of this video should be, Brit Makes America Worse

[@thejadondaviscommentaries1613]

13:33 First time someone has ever said that

[@infini_ryu9461]

Laith: I want to unite my African land. Wilhelm II: So now people understand bordergore.

[@mr.spleens7800]

I tried my hardest recently and could not win the texan mexico war, I guess new combat changes fucked it up

[@earwigg]

Laith's opinions about race and racism he discussed in this video at depth were a total surprise.

[@alfredlindquist3046]

Laith when real politics affect people: I sleep Laith when someone says he is not from Tunisia: REAL SHIT!

[@patrykgonta8254]

dont let your cat outside 6:45

[@1Jimbobs]

Day 1 of asking Laith to use some music variety in his videos so I don't go insane listening to the same song on repeat.

[@yourmusicguru]

It’s a strange feeling being from Alabama and being taught history and cringing at the bad stuff and then looking around town and the only threatening looking dude is a meth head that looks like Theo Von

[@alispeelt2355]

Political take: America with slavery is better then America without slavery

[@thalmoragent9344]

The Virgin "United States" of American Democracy The Chad "Imperial Provinces" of American Monarchism

[@christophhanke6627]

At Uni the profs pronounced it as "Ki-knoooooow-n"

[@wheatthins4.222]

I’m from Alabama, and I’m not sure where the reputation comes from. Alabama is a highly educated state, in fact our human development index is the highest in the world

[@aidancox4665]

12:26 we he said we’re making up states I died laughing

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

Regarding the trench warfare tech, the end of the Civil War saw what were essentially field fortifications that were extremely costly to frontally attack, mostly during Sherman's March through the South. Sherman never actually engaged directly for the most part during that campaign besides one abortive attack that was deadly and did nothing. He outflanked Johnston's dug in army, forcing him to retreat and dig in further back. The only reason the Civil War did not end up with Trench Warfare was because of the sheer size of area being fought over, making a continuous line of fortifications impossible for the population involved. Any fortified position an Army did occupy could be outflanked or bypassed.

[@dominiqwhiterose6170]

United sovereign archduchy still spells USA and i think thats why they did that lmao

[@rubaemaster7036]

Am I the only one that wasn’t sure if he got Hawaii. Also keep in mind King George III let the 13 colonies win because he thought they would fail and come back to him, nope. Not only is the US probably one of the most powerful countries to date, but also if they stayed a monarchy this video could’ve happened.

[@drake713]

The only reason you're an archduchy is to be U S A, and not even that adorable kitty can change my mind

[@Itre1]

Another classy Morocco GDP check. Great video as well.

[@jordengg3629]

Please PLEASE use your authority

[@ToothpikcOriginal]

Should've created a monarchy in Galicia Volhynia IMO

[@enragedshark2480]

13:30 "Theres alot of good stuff in Ohio" Wow this world you're playing in really is backwards.

[@CooltasticOG]

This is the future the l̶i̶b̶e̶r̶a̶l̶s̶ monarchists want...

[@baronDioxid]

I think the Assyrian Empire should have maintained control over North America!

[@reanukeeves9852]

“We can be racist…..yeah sure why not”😭😭😭😂😂😂

[@NicholasJDavies]

The South has pretty decent universties, crazy college sports fans.

[@drcoonass]

The Republic of west Florida should've stood up for themselves more. They capitulated to 300 guys. 300 guys defended texas at one point gosh dangert.

[@bapabs]

Would love a corsica game!

[@portalmasterjake5267]

tfw when laith doesnt know where utah lives and you live in utah smh my head laith i thought you were better than this

[@doomer2011]

teach me your ways lo great vid mate

[@nikos6377]

Technically Austria was an archduchy as well

[@fredrikkirderf2907]

sorry about university challenge Tom Scott wiped the floor with you

[@CameraHam]

I think that the Reconquista was pretty based

[@carltonleboss]

I was waiting for someone to do this.

[@josephscioscio9649]

I had a Civil War (and lost even with France's support) due to switching to Monarchist immediately. Slowly but surely, I gained my land back and puppeted the entirity of South America, the Canadian Dominions, Alaska, Australia, Italy, Spain and Portugal, Japan, and the Scandinavian countries (which then reformed into their single entity). I also took the Home Counties, Ingria, and Beijing since CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS insisted on interfering so much they made France look like an absentee father 😒

[@franciscosegall4221]

nice tunisian jersey, badass

[@401craft6]

24:56 Austrian market look powerful, lol

[@seank2251]

"im gonna fight the civil war but on the side of the confederates" nw the US thought of a lot of methods to oppress people, from the ruling standpoint thats half the fun.

[@Vladimir-vv8cf]

Laith repeating history by navally invading México exactly the same way as during the Mexican-American war

[@Greatludde12]

I have never seen the us Civil war in this game

[@thegrimghoul]

Jackson actually tried to do this

[@oversizedspeedbump9375]

king andrew jackson💀

[@deathgnomes]

We learned it from you dad(Britain)