Printing Money As Lanfang In Victoria 3!

[@OneProudBavarian]

I singlehandedly ended the British Empire in this playthrough simply by leaving their market. Unlucky, Victoria!

[@Tho-ugh-t]

Maaan in my games the gold always gets depleted as soon as i get it

[@vladspirin7529]

@@Tho-ugh-t its actually much better. as soon as you get atmospheric engine your gold mines get capitalists so you get the same amount of minting while also getting industrialists in power and getting investment pool from them

[@GewalfofWivia]

@@Tho-ugh-t depleted gold fields become available gold mines... which are literally better than gold fields...

[@Tho-ugh-t]

@@GewalfofWivia they are better? Idk my eco always falls

[@Tho-ugh-t]

@@vladspirin7529 Interesting, in my campaign it was a pain in the ass, becouse of the stupid quing market, and the fact the British love to help them out idk why so tools and coal were a problem but maybe imma play another campaign after Shewa

[@juliusbeutler7090]

I love that in this game "Gold runs out" means "Yay, I can produce way more gold, cause mines are more efficient"

[@besacciaesteban]

I wish there was a way to make gold fields exhaust faster

[@alexandererhard2516]

Well, once you got atmospheric engine or nitroglycerin at least.

[@Pazzystar]

Must be that surface level gold ran out and prospectors don't the state level coffers to build mines

[@Michaelonyoutub]

While mines might produce more, they don't produce more per person. Gold field have a workforce of 1000 people, while gold mines have a workforce of like 5000. When gold field run out, if you dont have enough people in the state, it can be hard to get the gold mines actually filled, so it is best to try to use the migration events and stuff to get migrants while the gold fields are still operating and creating an insane standard of living for their few workers, since it will likely be significantly harder when they run out of gold.

[@alexandererhard2516]

@@Michaelonyoutub I'm pretty sure Gold fields also have a workforce of 5000. So there shouldn't be much of an issue. However higher level production methods could be a problem if you don't have the qualifications for their workforce.

[@l3xfrant3s]

The timing at 17:55 💀 Good thing the british asked you 2 months later, that's a silly war you wouldn't have to fight later

[@basblob]

I feel like I've seen moments like that in so many videos it makes me wonder how often I miss that kind of thing when I play! 😆

[@Ganonmustdie2]

This highlights how little I knew about the value of customs unions. I thought it was just something larger nations roped smaller ones into as a way to increase demand for their product, but it clearly works in the opposite way to smaller nations can rubber band massively in GDP. Probably explains why it took me 70 years to do anything useful as Brunei lol

[@lightworker2956]

Well, it's working well for the video uploader here because his country has a high GDP per capita and high standard of living. Hence people are moving to Lanfang. Plus his country is already industrialized, which means that he can export the finished goods. But if you join a custom union with a poor unindustrialized country with a low standard of living and a low GDP per capita, then joining a customs union is terrible because your pops will move away and the big country will use your iron etc to fuels its own industry (while you'd rather build up your own industry). But while a customs union can be useful, I think the most important tip to new players is: build enough rural buildings, because they're quick to build and often profitable and they provide cheap input for your industries. I typically start by spamming rural buildings everyone but in 1-2 states, and only then build industry in those 1-2 states.

[@herobrineharry7698]

It also shows one reason smaller or unrecognized nations might try to cozy up to colonialists, even given the risks involved

[@jts1702a]

@@herobrineharry7698 Cozy up to all of them, and play them one against another to benefit your expansion...and to weaken them back in Europe. My favorite is still taking over the Kalimantan from the VOC/DEI with Netherlands (homeland) being on my side. Nothing says "using your spear to attack your own shield" better than this diplomatic play.

[@MisterFoxton]

If you manage to sneak your way into a big market become the opposite of a banana republic and industrialise. You can leave gaps in the production chain if they're unproductive and exploit them by jumping ahead. You can totally just build arms factories without iron and steel plants if the market can supply it. Be warned that wars can disrupt that immediately.

[@pohorex6834]

@@lightworker2956 nah, being in a customs union before industrialization is good aswell because it allows you to purely build high end industry, and not have to worry about the inbetween steps until you are ready to leave. you can massively increase your GDP and standard of living very quickly by just being in the british market and building the best tooling industry in the world

[@jackcullen5085]

Wait - did anyone else notice the "They would accept this offer" just as OPB closed the customs union pop up?? Better luck next time bro

[@helix5441]

He managed to get it without the obligation tho, so win i guess

[@AllenorLP]

In my Lanfang playthrough i didn't see a reason to leave the Qing market quickly, since it's a market with high demand for refined goods, high supply for raw resources and of course an endless workforce, so as long as you're in that market you can endlessly industrialize and never run out of workers and consumers.

[@croixtucker1757]

They might need to prevent some goods from being transported over trade routes, that electricity exploit seems too OP

[@Nota-Skaven]

well... they do, it isn't a trade route, it's just one unified market, it is very silly how transporting goods isn't modeled though

[@croixtucker1757]

@@Nota-Skaven it makes sense that a lot of it isn't modeled, but there should be certain goods that simply arnt shared

[@goranpersson7726]

@@croixtucker1757 i mean countries do sell electricity IRL kinda tends to be with neighbors tho

[@croixtucker1757]

@@goranpersson7726 Argentina ain't sending electricity to the UK 💀

[@goranpersson7726]

@@croixtucker1757 ye im not disputing that it's just hella scuffed in vic3 but electricity can't just be removed as an item that can be traded, it can and should although it should be limited to places nearby not the entire market

[@miraclemaker1418]

My beef with laissez faire is that some of the *very* crucial endgame buildings that you have to build like power plant can't be constructed with the investment pool funds. What this means is that you will have an ever growing investment pool which you just won't use. Interventionism is much better.

[@jespoketheepic]

I have tried and failed to make it through the Lanfang start a few times, i wasn't good enough at playing tiny nations yet at the time.

[@efulmer8675]

4:00 It does actually matter that you get to No Migration Controls. One of the Journal sequences (I think it's "Path to Socialism" or "Path to Liberalism" or something) requires you to have No Migration Controls in order to complete the last one where you get a choice of 100 prestige for 9 years *or +25% Migration Attraction nationwide permanently.* Obviously the latter option is preferable even if you decide to switch back to a very conservative and authoritarian state because the higher your migration attraction highs are, the faster your pops move around.

[@someguycalledcerberus9805]

I assume OPB has a pretty beefy CPU, but he was still experiencing unplayable performance before the game could end. With the pop assimilation change already out, are we expecting any performance improvements that make it possible to actually play to the end?

[@DD-re5ql]

theres a couple stuff you can do on your own end that helps lag. editing files so that pops under 1k amount automatically assimilate, disable animations, install anbleed’s mod, do not have the population or trade screen open while you advance the game, reduce the amount of trade you’re doing, etc. but yeah, paradox created a game that you can’t even complete without an actual gaming pc

[@adilsoncaetano5684]

I've played like 20 different campaings but I always stop in the early 1900s, not because it wasn't interesting anymore, but because I start making in-game decisions based on my PCs performance rather than because I wanted to do them, and that kills my immersion...

[@ppolo12]

i've a 13700k the game is very multithreaded and its still unplayable by 1920 lol

[@someguycalledcerberus9805]

@@ppolo12 Thanks fam, that's very useful to know, because I was actually entertaining the idea of getting a stronger CPU just for this :/

[@backstabber3537]

I have 6700xt it works fine

[@PuzzlingGoal]

I am honestly astounded that someone decided to play Lanfang, and got this far as them, never figuring out that the whole point of a Lanfang playthrough is to turn the entirety of Borneo into a giant gold mine, ASAP.

[@aa898246]

the slow blade penetrates the shield

[@xavierhamrick2258]

Where’s the continuation of the basque roleplay?

[@Alex_vdR]

Is that electricity actually being exported? I thougt power worked like transportation or services, in that it is state bound and can't be transfered between states?

[@OneProudBavarian]

As of right now, electricity is market-wide! This is why, while I was in the British market, I was able to monopolise British electricity production. When we left the market, both the British market crashed as I no longer was selling electricity to them and I had to severely downsize my power plants as you cannot transfer electricity between markets. But, at that point, the massive income of the power plants had allowed me to build up other industries like oil, that substituted themselves in for the lost electricity productivity!

[@klankungen7794]

For some reason, all the games I've played recently England just removes all its ports making every nation in the english market (including them selves) struggle to survive. All the colonies and england it self starts geting rebelions, and if I tap over to england to see what's going on, they are bancrupt several times over and tries to make ports all over the place and then deleating the ports as soon as they are finnished since they cost money 😅

[@simonscience5846]

I played a Lanfang game really early when Victoria 3 released! My strategy involved immediatley declaring war on Qing though to get out of their market, and letting the AI & brittish navy do the work for me.

[@stingspring3168]

Man i really want to do a run as lanfang in the future. Such a cool start as this kinda liberalized workers republic in asia who has to fight back against repressive colonial powers.

[@MegaZsolti]

What can Qing do with Lanfang if Lanfang is its protectorate or dominion?

[@Gulitize]

how fitting I just wanted to start my own Lanfang playthrough

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Printing Money As Lanfang Momentum 100

[@alexanderde5689]

Did u know in gold mines if u reduce 5he workforce trough pms u increase minting

[@tiffanyy6376]

What happened to the ck3 roleplay games?

[@oneproudukrainian2063]

Thank you OPB!

[@s4098429]

I had no idea electricity was exportable!

[@alex_ho]

*Guy submits save with near bankrupt Lanfang* Hmm... I wonder why his Lanfang economy is so shit *sees 0 Gold Mine* Ah

[@lateph01]

Wait how can your max lvl of oil is 50 ? How is that posible ?

[@ohNojames]

Wild this little nation kind of sucks in eu4 but this dude brought down the main character in this game with them.

[@greeninja2728]

You are not normal in this game. 303k profit is something I could never imagine would happen in Victoria 3 but of course you would achieve that

[@TheDolphinTuna]

How is your game moving so fast?!

[@andreaparolini1991]

Australia is super fun too if you like gold lol

[@teridero1]

Does it bother anybody else he just uses the highest technology without looking at the requirements?

[@jasoncreamer5747]

Where do we send our disaster saves?

[@tonuka6257]

Check the video description

[@steppedonmyglasses]

Surprised by your good pronunciation of "Pontianak" . Nice attention to detail

[@AIA1990]

As grand Colombia I’m number one producer of gold making 15x more than number two producer lol

[@cmLMolde]

Lanfang is OP.

[@user-sg3wp2qs2b]

U mean op?

[@FernandoSV]

the gold mines in borneo and south africa are too powerful

[@bigsarge2085]

✌️✌️

[@INSAN3_0DIN]

I am a nepali and I have to complain that I don't see any nepal gameplay

[@cyrusol]

Should really be a bit longer and more detailled, less skipping over things.

[@Drazja]

Bro I have a save I need ya to save

[@ShadowDragon1848]

Why would you want to become communist at the end?

[@ppolo12]

gets the cash to the lower pops and it booms the QoL

[@ShadowDragon1848]

@@ppolo12 Hm okay. Makes sense.

[@verderuso]

because OPB is based

[@Redribbon_iv]

ADA INDONESIA COI

[@axoxelolsostoturormomanon303]

China 2.0

[@kirius4759]

Based Republic

[@MasterOfManyMuffins]

I hope inflation gets introduced in some way or fashion.