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Something a bit different. This time we dive into the lore of the upcoming game Rattenreich. A Dieselpunk world where vermin fight for dominance. The Rats are determined to fight and make Rattenreich the leading country on the worldstage.
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00:00 Free Mouse Republic
03:20 The Sun Empire
04:25 The Red Dragon Kingdom
07:07 Cockroach Army Republic
08:45 Rattenreich
11:40 Autocrats
13:55 Rise of the Rats
20:25 Colonial Wars
26:24 The Dual Pact
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#Rattenreich

[@Janovich]

Here is something a bit different, hope you lenjoy it non the less. The video is not paid or sponsored by the Rattenreich team. I just think the ww1 themed Skaven are pretty neat and I want their upcoming game to succeed. It was fun to make and I learned a few new tricks that can be used for other lore videos as well. For Warhammer fans, no worries because next lore episode will be Vraks again! Cheers

[@TallCasade1115]

I never knew about rattenrrich, thanks! (Also I can’t wait for Vraks)

[@comrade_commissar3794]

Delete this furry degenerate garbage

[@shittinontheceiling3474]

​@@AdolfHitler-wo1myIt's just Warhammer: The Age Skaven

[@LepiSladja]

@@AdolfHitler-wo1my But still its interesting take on political reason on war during WW1/WW2

[@wojszach4443]

@@shittinontheceiling3474 its warhammer if you let skavens into late game

[@crw4372]

A note: The Cockroches do not rely on massive 'manpower', it's massive 'roachpower'.

[@Danielzabojca]

All the memes about Turkey make so much sense now!

[@badart3204]

Cockpower

[@mpcrauzer]

Hahahahaha, Very funny guardsman, now face the wall

[@a1ka_mak1]

C*ckpower?

[@papasuamae4302]

Cockpower

[@beefyblom]

The C.A.R. just chillin as everything burns around them is a massive vibe

[@timmorin6657]

they should have been switzerland.

[@bigboi7817]

At least one C.A.R. is peaceful.

[@exaggeratedswaggerofablackteen]

Sigma 🇨🇫 grindset

[@infiniteapex9859]

Central African Republic...Oh...oh no my bad

[@History_animations_OFFICIAL]

Pov:Switzerland maintaining 1000000% neutrality during ww2 and profiting via nazi gold

[@NP3GA]

I find interesting that the Sun empire seems to be a mix between Japan and Italy in Ww2: they are simultaneously a reliable alie and a country that needs it's more successful partner to hold it's hand.

[@iago110]

Not advanced but extremely determined

[@larsmuller97]

I feel like it's an exploration of what would hapen to japan with no Meiji restoration. Like a shogunate Japan in modern history. I find it very cool.

[@shellshockedgerman3947]

​@@larsmuller97 The Shogun was the modernizing force in Japan. The Imperials were not. They just adopted the same stance as the Shogun after the British showed one of their loyal clans what Western technology can do to whatever crap the Japanese fielded.

[@nosense8744]

Although yes, we may include the Ottoman Empire of WW1 into the combination as the lack of modernization and the incapability to mobilize correctly.

[@nosense8744]

​@@shellshockedgerman3947Yeah but the Imperials did a massive industrialization and exploited the opportunity

[@divvsivlivs5406]

Me: *Eagerly awaites next Vraks/Horus Heresy video, after binging both playlists in one day* Jan: Fancy some ratzkrieg?

[@divvsivlivs5406]

Jokes aside, that was an enjoyable watch. Your videos are on par with, if not superior to other similar creators with larger teams (à la Kings&Generals) Keep up the good work, matter of time before we hit 1M!

[@Janovich]

Thanks very much, thats a great compliment :)

[@aramisortsbottcher8201]

To a German a "Ratzkrieg" sounds prety boring, as "ratzen" means "to sleep". So a Ratzkrieg would be a sleeping-contest :D

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@aramisortsbottcher8201does that mean blitzkrieg is a speed contest?

[@ynpavo]

@@aramisortsbottcher8201bruh Germans everywhere can‘t resist the urge to tell you what anything means in their language

[@mikelastname3498]

Took me an embarrassingly long time to realize this wasn't a Krieg video...

[@Janovich]

you would be forgiven for making that mistake

[@blitzcrieg101]

​@@Janovichwould? But no!!!

[@MrMegamike2k]

I thought it was a bannerlord 2 totcon first...

[@WynnofThule]

They should've made an ancient civilization called the Micenaeans

[@krypt420]

Holy crap that's Genius

[@WynnofThule]

@@krypt420 wtf I come back to this comment because of one reply and it has 375 likes

[@krypt420]

@@WynnofThule just a genius idea 🤣

[@adventuresincrt1376]

😆

[@largeone923]

Writers: *".... FFFFFFUUUUUU-"*

[@TheDreamerintheStarlight]

Plot twist: this entire world rests on a random pile of mud in the middle of an unremarkable lake outside of Paris.

[@orange8420]

Canon

[@bananagoose2469]

Theory: in 40k the death korps of krieg doesn’t actually clone but uses rats

[@thomasross9694]

Agreed

[@venewoner9818]

Skaven

[@bananagoose2469]

@@thomasross9694Wait let me call someone…Inquisition look it’s a heretic!

[@JosephKano]

​ BE VIGILANT BE PURE BEE HIVE.

[@thecommandant2831]

What who dares state heresy?

[@princemapping9123]

>Free Mouse Republic >Has two monarchies

[@marley7868]

it's the allies without america it's to be excpected

[@pheonexking1218]

@@marley7868 cept the allies are more or less the baddies this time

[@marley7868]

@@pheonexking1218 I said without america that goes without saying

[@fds7476]

@@marley7868 Wow, spotted the Yank.

[@marley7868]

@6yeah no duh and if you think I'm wrong I'm just gonna highlight which nations commited the most hypocrisy and screwed over the most civilians and brought the war on themselves hyporacy england brought it on themselves france

[@noaccount4]

"He is worse than a mouse, may my Whiskas forgive me for even uttering this heresy - he is a cat."

[@crabobserver]

1:24 "together this dual MONARCHY rules the free mouse REPUBLIC" 😂

[@paulholmpileborg6340]

Res Publica Of/by the people

[@eddy_malouempereur_du_cong6536]

''I' m a rat i ain't no snitch'' A captured rat spy to his mouse interogators

[@NP3GA]

Whoever made Friss knew exactly what he was doing

[@piglin469]

Ratussy

[@leonorlund4579]

Indeed he did😏

[@axios4702]

Rat titties... Slaanesh must be happy

[@foxmutant1295]

I understood the references to the other named rats but never understood what fries referenced. What is she a reference to?

[@Shayrin2]

@@foxmutant1295 Triss. Triss Merigold.

[@hamburgerofdoom]

*The world is at war Cockroach: *takes a sip of tea/coffee "This is fine."

[@deutchecheems7678]

I'm a simple man, I watch a video of Janovich and I already like it.

[@chuckingflem]

This seems like it would be an interesting way to learn world history. Wasn't there talk about a WWI lore series?

[@Janovich]

Yes but the ww1 series is on hold because the scope is too big for now to handle it

[@chuckingflem]

@@Janovich Very understandable. You are working on so many projects at the same time. Thanks for keeping us entertained.

[@Berserker3624]

@@Janovichah screw a historical ww1 though, we know the bad guys unfortunately win that conflict. Instead why not do a documentary on the world of kaiserreich and talk about how the imperial army secured dominance on the western front against the Frank’s

[@narrowstone5363]

​@@Berserker3624do you think WW2 was won by the bad guys as well?

[@Berserker3624]

@@narrowstone5363 I have a better question, are you literate?

[@luckybull8025]

This just seems like a WW2 told in a new way. Mice-Britian, Rats-Germany, Cockroach-USSR, Dragon-China, Lizards-Japan, Dessert-North Africa, Autocratic-Switerland, Arctic-Norway/Sweden/Finland. Pretty cool though

[@battenburg6089]

well yeah, thats the theme

[@manwithgun9768]

The C.A.R's are more like the Russian Empire tho

[@luckybull8025]

I think it's a mix of both world wars

[@theroundtable6371]

Yeah this shit just WW1 and 1/2

[@Nogaret_]

seing the uniform it's more like Mice-France, their emblem also are similar to french ones, just as it is a "Republic"

[@bearistotle2820]

Rats! We're rats! We're the rats! We prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats!

[@blitzcrieg101]

"A new power is rising!" -Saruman the Rat

[@nosense8744]

I like the combination of WW1 & WW2 in this lore, is pretty unique and havent seen it yet

[@aoki6332]

make me thing of the Manga Youjo Senky whit the Empire pretty much being stuck in trench warfare until they manage to break the Francois Republic Line and capture the country for ultimate the commonwealth joining the war be helping there army escape to Albion and north Africa where its turn into more of a ww2 a shame the manga more focus on the story of Tanya but the lore between the war is interesting

[@Spartan135]

i read Rattenreich and my mind went: Skaven,YES-YES!

[@deep1umbra]

My first thought: Skaven Krieg. 🐀💥

[@blitzcrieg101]

My first thought. Oh, great. Here we go!

[@FixedGearFox]

Im getting heavy Maus vibes from this. I havent thought about that book in years, and considering the state of the actual world, its high time to read it again.

[@kriegscommissarmccraw4205]

Did you know that that man also writes smut?

[@edgardeloera2874]

​@@kriegscommissarmccraw4205Why are you reading smut?

[@FixedGearFox]

@@kriegscommissarmccraw4205 I did not. Gonna have to find that lol.

[@andrewdiaz3529]

Ehh, this would make a very muddled analogy; Mixing the history of pre-empire germanic states with parts of the history of the Jewish diaspora in Central Europe at the time really puts both in a fictional context that disservices both.

[@ashipthattriestobotheryou4759]

What will the rat give name for the panzer viii? "Hooman" tank?

[@bocktordaytona5656]

YES! You don't know how much happy this shovel content makes me. I need to consume lore content of any fictional or real setting that includes tanks shovels trenches and gases BUT nobody understand how this neccesity works for me. So thanks Man! I will have to invite you to Cheddar one day. Shovel to the shovel God!

[@CompagnoPAF]

Do the foxhole one next!😀

[@TheMagicalWizardPyro]

Might be hard with how vague the lore is. In the sense of when did 'x' thing happen? Foxhole lore is a lot like Dark Souls with tons of small snippets to a greater story... That can be very hard to piece together. There's more theorizing than there is concrete lore. Stuff like last time I looked at the Foxhole lore chat people were arguing about what the 'Wardens' even were.

[@BaronVonMott]

"Arch Rathammer"... seriously? I mean, don't get me wrong, it's hilarious and I love it, but... Jan really couldn't stop himself?! 😂👏

[@fimbul_]

I wonder which historical figure, this mysterious Jan Ratovich is the closest too. This suspicious Arch Rathammer has a taste of Rommel.

[@wojszach4443]

more like lion of the dessert than rommel

[@blitzcrieg101]

It's the desert fox as a desert rat! Even though the desert fox fought the desert rats!

[@wojszach4443]

@@blitzcrieg101 thats lion of the desert!

[@shadowofhawk55]

I love how Arch is a part of this world’s lore. Really freaking great! Edit - waiting for snakes to come out of the desert

[@lorddenalian]

Oh he’s very happy his ratgirls are thriving in this universe.

[@tarektechmarine8209]

@@lorddenalian LMAO

[@Knight25B]

Arch Rathammer. 😂 i have never smiled this big to a lore before. LoL

[@tylerghersinich576]

@@Knight25B I like how it is a open fu to game work shop

[@tylerghersinich576]

Instead of snakes maybe scorpions. There is only one insect based army

[@JosephKano]

I love the way you apply your style to this sort of lore. It makes it understandable. Most enjoyable.

[@jamesnicholson3658]

Me: a Brit; Wait a minute, this sounds familiar...

[@animatorofanimation128]

I remember seeing this game awhile ago and actually being into the idea of the World Wars but the factions were different animals with different biologies. Unfortunately when I saw the art i was kinda disappointed, basically all of the animals are super humanoid and are mostly only different in name. I feel like this is a huge missed opportunity to do some really crazy and fun stuff with weapons and vehicles and terrain that are only available and usable to certain species because of Biology. Like cockroaches having weapons that used all 4 hands, or Mice being able to burry downwards and have huge underground bunkers or something. as it is now it looks like a ww1/2 reskin.

[@theturnc0at]

Also, the annoying usage of the term “Republic” for monarchist nations, which makes absolutely zero sense.

[@TactWendigo]

​@@theturnc0atquite a lot of heavily centralized governments have called themselves republics throughout history.

[@theturnc0at]

@@TactWendigo It’s not about the centralization, rather the fact that the title “Republic” is by definition incompatible with the nation being a monarchy (ruled by a hereditary, non-electable head of state). A republic is defined by a nation with an electable head of state and/or legislature, at least in name.

[@TactWendigo]

@@theturnc0at yes. Let me rephrase it since I wasn't specific enough. Straight up dictatorships will calm themselves a republic. The name attached to a nation will sometimes have little to do with reality.

[@theturnc0at]

@@TactWendigo True, but my argument is that if the ruler is a king, duke, emperor, etc, then there is zero chance you are calling yourself a republic, since the term implies the lack of a monarch ruling the state. A dictator that does not style himself as a monarch (by taking titles such as president or supreme leader, for example) is able to call his nation a republic despite there being no democratic system. Hence the “if only in name” at the end of my previous reply

[@Gomme-r]

honestly man, you have such a nice voice for it, its nice to just have this on in the background while gaming

[@clover1475]

Man all these animals fighting are just like the ones in my basement

[@just_a_hawk8486]

The similarity between the British and mice I mean the FMR is remarkable

[@arya8165]

I cant wait for the Rattenreich game to come out on steam so I can hear countless people spamming the "We are the rats" song over their mics.

[@larsmuller97]

I love strangereal worlds so much it just adds such fun spins on history.

[@SoulCrusherEx]

Nice. Thx for the lore. Iam going to play this game in the near future and wanted to know more about the Conflict. Love your lore vids

[@loop4x454]

quite fun video big props for making it!

[@WarmasterHorus96]

What an insightful and interesting lore video! While I know that you will be always centered about Warhammer, please put a few of those pearls in there from time to time!

[@archit2576]

Love the lore man, feels quite anew from the other content.

[@retro_roy5591]

i though this was a joke and had no clue this was a real game, this is everything i've ever wanted

[@chrishamilton7516]

Two Imperial Powers control the "Free Mouse *Republic* "....

[@thatoneguy5550]

Got to trick the peasantry.

[@ghelmet2701]

I can't wait for the continuation of the Rattenreich Lore.

[@dantejones1480]

I hope the team has success too. This seems quite interesting and cool.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Awesome lore video and animation as always!

[@Dracobyte]

Another amazing video!

[@thewingedhussars2565]

this was really cool I always love new story with maps I can look at

[@Simoky99]

great video as always! made me take a look in Rattenreich, seems interesting, kinda of a mix between company of heroes and iron harvest. hope they end up sponsoring you lol

[@nicholaswilson8695]

Nice can’t wait for more this is awesome

[@delta1138e]

I was not expecting something so deep from the rodent strategy game.

[@andrewdiaz3529]

I was actually hoping for more and original, but sadly it seems to be compressed early 20th century with rat costumes

[@delta1138e]

@@andrewdiaz3529 at least it's not another ww2 clone, I'll take ww1 any day

[@user-gr9br2js4u]

Can’t wait for this to come to console, I’ve been a kickstarter supporter for its console release just last week!

[@cannibalpenguin19]

Everything you are making is helping a 15 hour road trip more bearable thanks so much.

[@MrWartime2]

this is amazing . loved it really tests what we know of world war historie need more of stuff like this ^^

[@balasanta1334]

After this you could make maybe lore about saxony or polania?

[@funeralhippy3209]

Should do a vid on the whole of Iron harvest at that point. The lore is literally just what ig this in history was this instead mixed with Tesla having Robert house levels of intellect

[@graywolfalphaone]

Thanks for putting this on my radar. I think ill pick up a copy when they list it on steam.

[@geemanamatin8383]

I liked this video, i had heard of the ratten reich game before, but dismissed it. Now with some good lore to back it up, i think it'll be worth keeping an eye on and getting when its released!

[@neofulcrum5013]

This helped me get a picture of the world a lot better

[@dinnertime3709]

this is very cool im a sucker for ww1 alternate universe scenarios, been seeing this on tiktok hope it blows up!

[@daudiochero]

Bro I'm hooked, we need more!!!

[@NeonKatt101]

i find it hilarious that they swapped the analog to ww2, where it was the USSR that had reached out to the western empires for an alliance against germany.

[@sloth3736]

Originally i was here for the warhammer stuff but it seems you cover more things I'm interested in, keep it up

[@Azzie420]

Oh yeah this is amazing I hope to see even more like this

[@augustuscrow1292]

I like this, very good content, well made video. I also like the map it looks like it took inspiration from Game of Thrones.

[@LastGoatKnight]

Not gonna lie, Rattenreich has a stylish and charming ring to it, like Götterdämmerung (which "muss fliegen, maschine streigt in den Himmel...."). If you don't mind I will use it for an aircraft design (both for the rule of cool and as a misleading nickname, as if it wouldn't be obvious it will be a military aircraft with a *slight* resembelence in design)

[@helldrake77777]

I adored every last second of this.

[@Astralwolf23]

This was brilliant and i love the idea and potential of this.

[@cjclark1208]

So many references to the interwar period it’s lore value diminishes but nonetheless, I’m a sucker for colorful maps with varying empires and cultures at war with one another.

[@Sparkbark45]

This is gonna be crazy good when it comes out I hope

[@orion64103]

This was AWESOME

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

This storyline is absolute genius, clearly written by very educated individuals👌🏻🍻

[@The13thRonin]

"Free Mouse Republic" *Led by a dual monarchy* ... Yeahhh You might want to look up the definition of republic.

[@Domfass21]

Won’t lie, this map looks like the landmass of Game of thrones world

[@Janovich]

Kinda yeh. I think its more like a super condensed map of Eurasia though

[@apolloknight9521]

This video has convinced me to want to buy this game when it comes out.

[@dIRECTOR259]

The cockroaches were a mistake.

[@andrewgrinn3435]

Impressive looking forward to experiencing the end result.

[@patrickmckay619]

dude... that was a dope episode

[@MTL-ew7ng]

This is awesome and extremely enjoyable. More more more

[@RauMins]

1 and a half minutes in my thoughts were "Is this Warhammer? I'm having a little harder time believing in this", but I do wonder what the imperium would think of mouse xenos

[@confusedcapitalist2242]

“Oh no! Here I go killing again” is probably what it would be like.

[@whydid666]

Arch Rathammer...cute.

[@537monster]

It feels weird to have such an obvious metaphor for WWII, and have no stand-in for America.

[@forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583]

It's not WWII since their tactics are WW1-like. And also notice the Pickelhaubes.

[@six7049]

i have 0 clue whats going on im just happy to be listening to Rat lore

[@kerbal666]

Arch Rathammer? Am I sensing a little bit of art imitating life?

[@ekszentrik]

This seems like a beginner worldbuilding project, and consequently I would have a lot to critique, BUT -- I want to focus on just one very important point: you tell the Mice "colonized" a land, or the Rats "industrialized", or the Dragon Kingdom "expanded its army". That certainly is information, but is it interesting? You could use either anecdotes, historical events, scientific breakthroughs, political upheavals etc. to communicate the same information, but now it'd be 'palpable' and interesting. Like: "After Miguel Mouse was blown off course, he became the first person to discover etc. ..." "The Rattenreich had a district which already in ancient times had a high-concentration of water-powered facilities, but when coal was discovered, the region became a hotbed of industrialization. Furthermore, the government believed heavily in statist guided economical efforts, as contrasted by the Mice, which had a more laissez-faire approach in line with their more liberal disposition. The Rats could thus marshal the limited resources within their borders to build factories by decree, especially as crown prince Alois (a grey eminence of sorts) correctly foresaw the role machines would play in the future..." "The Dragon emperor had to wrest command of the South Eastern army -- the largest available to the nation -- from the caste of eunuchs that used them, officially, to quell rebellions, but actually served as the implement of power that kept power in the ministry/the clan the eunuchs belong to." Of course, these are somewhat wordy examples, but I needed to illustrate the principle, and I also think the audience wouldn't mind if the WB project is twice as long to read/watch if it's a richer-feeling world. If you can have the reader/watcher/player go "Fucking eunuchs at it again!" you have a winner. Something else has been a headscratcher while watching this: you cite rat forces being 500k strong and 100k perishing on the battlefields etc. Why didn't you use the opportunity to make this truly an animal-anthro-feeling worldbuilding project? I am not saying revamp the entire IRL inspired take, just in tasteful spots, like population numbers. Rats are ~500 times smaller than a human. Consequently, it would have been interesting if troop sizes would be in the realm of 100+ times larger than human army troop sizes. Unless of course you go with a "the landmass is 500 times smaller than Eurasia as well". But this again explodes into -- interesting! -- implications, like the Rattenreich world suddenly becoming a tiny island on an Earth sized planet.

[@ekszentrik]

@windrose5988 I don't care about the context in which something is made and if with "you" I actually am talking to the proper creator. I was simply analyzing the project in general. I assumed there was a "risk" I am wrong in addressing the uploader like he created it, but do you honestly believe I care enough to do research about every single video I comment?

[@nicholaswilson8695]

This is sooo cool 😊

[@Sorinoir]

The devs really don't understand the meaning of word republic

[@METALLADLERSTUDIOLLC]

There are many cases in history when Communists call themselves democrats. This is an allegory that the name of the country on the map does not give you a clear understanding of the country.

[@tictactic7909]

I just generally love these styles of videos regardless of the content. I’ll tune in either way.

[@therouge90]

If I were a History channel or SyFy exec I would give you a job making full documentaries like this.

[@andrewdiaz3529]

I would suggest you check out Kaiser Cat Cinema for their Kaiserreich documentaries if you haven't already (if this is the kind of stuff you usually like then you might already be familiar with them, but never hurts to recommend on the off chance you introduce someone to something cool). Also, obviously, the Templin Institute for more documentaries and breakdowns (Stellaris Invicta is a big series of theirs), and also Wizards and Warlords for breaking down fantasy battles and warfare and societies

[@courtneydaniels5559]

Im looking forward to this game!

[@Kazen169]

okay so no that I'm Hyped; when do I get to play this?! Skaven World Conquest, Take two boogaloo LETS GO! Yes-yes!!

[@Shabazz859]

The best collab of all time

[@jarrydharris1016]

First time I saw the gameplay I thought to myself “this is right up his alley”

[@originalcharacterplznostea2749]

Damn, Redwall got dark since when I was a kid

[@tacpaws]

Oh this pretty awesome!!!

[@robbarber7455]

If we got a strategic map and got to do world conquest in RR, that would be so awesome.

[@grafeaux4456]

Astounding!

[@BackWaveUnited]

A lore video from an underrated game

[@Echo_Mike]

Cool video, I understand you can burn out, but please keep 30k and vraks vids coming !

[@Janovich]

Will do!

[@tylerghersinich576]

This game look so good I remember watching it on Arch’s channel and I loved it. There is so much story and camping opportunities

[@plussum3255]

now this sounds dope

[@adriancontreras7523]

"Arch Rathammer"

[@iamnewhi2443]

amazing