The IMPERIAL PATH NO ONE CHOOSES As USA in Victoria 3 1.8

[@B1productions]

Please remove the cameras from my room, I just did this usa path 2 days ago

[@LudietHistoria]

NO >.

[@killerwhiteplayz5673]

I know tell me about it I just watched it a few hours ago I'm sceard😂

[@MeisterShifu]

@@B1productions literally did the same xD called my powerblock NATO as well but I exiled Mr Norton so there goes that. @Ludi I really think this loyalist thing from the confederates is bugged after the war. Had the same thing, couldn't get enough loyalists by any means but it said primary culture after

[@vittoriorubini1895]

Maybe he will remove the cameras, but for sure he will remove your wallet

[@Nick-m7t]

Ludi provides a free live feed of your bedroom to all his patreon subs. Thank you for your service.

[@154Kilroy]

I usually build up in industry in Alabama. It has coal, iron, and lead. Plus a little oil later on. But importantly, building industry in the South shifts the power from landowners to industrialists. Georgia is good for textiles, and Louisiana is good for paper/fertilizer. I haven't had a civil war in my games for quite awhile now. By the 1850's the political landscape shifts enough that you can pass slavery banned, no problem. I've played 5 or 6 U.S. games doing this now, and it consistently works through patch changes.

[@Henne-HoHo]

Can you get edward norton as king without the civil war? I also want to go for the achievement soon

[@154Kilroy]

@Henne-HoHo yeah, you can. I think it's a separate event that always fires.

[@NUCCubus]

@@Henne-HoHo I was able to get Norton while avoiding the Civil war

[@danielx3669]

Is better to have the civil war because u can make afro-american a primary culture and attract/assimilate african immigrants before multiculturalism

[@flighttwentyone]

Is it a good idea to avoid the war? As in, can you still get African American as a primary culture?

[@nukalegend]

I love how chaotic this game can be. You can either become monarchist as America with Norton or Napoleon (if he's exiled)

[@xXMrNevermanXx]

@25:30 New Mexico and/or Arizona is a Dixie homeland despite having no Dixies in it. So you cannot reach 20% of 0. Found out about this when googled around for this problem. Either you use greener pasture to lure some in or you use a mod that reworks the reconstruction journal entry so it only requires 90% of Dixie homelands to be satisfied :D Also you can get Afro Americans to be your primary culture, if you pass multiculturalism for +60 acceptance (not even cultural exclusion would suffice because it would bring them up to only +50 acceptance)

[@KillerAceUSAF]

@@xXMrNevermanXx the other method is to gift New Mexico back to Mexico, finish the journal entry, and then retake it.

[@ViktorVildras]

13:50 Ecuador had a severe hyperinflation crisis in the late 90s along with really bad financial policies. To save their economy the Ecuadorian government dropped their currency and shifted to the USD and offered to exchange the old currency for a time. And it saved their economy, as it didn't go into freefall. But there were many that lost everything. And since the USD is the worlds reserve currency it should remain stable compared to the rest of the world. Interesting factoid, we made a dollar coin back then called the Sacagawea dollar. Most Americans didn't like it, because paper dollars were lighter, but they are all the rage down in Ecuador.

[@Meanietube]

Adopting a foreign country currency means abdicating from your sovereignty and becoming a puppet forever lol

[@Lefrancaishonhonho]

Please continue this, all the way to 1936, and please dont annex the south americas, just make them into little banana republics

[@Impossibleshadow]

If he annexed them they would become part of a banana republic

[@TyberiusDe]

I love how Ludi keeping saying whatever nation he is playing is the most overpowered nation in the game. Britain, France, Russia, China, even Belgium is the most overpowered nation in the game!

[@LudietHistoria]

Yes

[@McHobotheBobo]

The player is the most overpowered

[@joshuamarpaia]

16:24 Ulysses S Grant was the best Yankee general and also future president

[@jacob2389]

He's from Ohio, not Dixie culture.

[@joshuamarpaia]

@jacob2389 neat didn't know which state exactly but yeah he is a Yankees through and through

[@joshuamarpaia]

24:59 Hawaii is the 50th but Canada looking like a real juicy 51st rn😂.

[@VV-xe4ym]

Soon

[@Jellybro2020]

2:20 I caught that Japanese language over there after learning some of it recently LOL

[@pocketman202]

Also Ulysses was an Ohioan, my home state. Missouri was apart of the Union but was a border state meaning it allowed slavery. There were 5 border states: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia but WV is interesting since it seceded from Virginia during the war.

[@williamrelue]

13:46 if we use USD they can’t come take our oil. The logic is sound. 😂😂😂

[@TheWinter-h9n]

8:00 Dr House reference oh my god

[@mikecook6553]

Thank you soooooooo much Ludi for doing another run on America. USA and Japan are my current favorite countries to play so im always happy to see you play one of them. Also are you planning on, or will you, make a video on trying to restore India as fast as possible? I'm sure your community would love to see it! Also thanks for your hard and dedicated work!

[@ehk5948]

Like a few other countries they had issues with inflation so used a foreign currency. Normally the dollar

[@gannonpatton2858]

I saw Joshua Norton in the thumbnail, and I knew what was up. The dude is crazy good.

[@ChrisVillagomez]

26:10 To be fair, you did buy Alaska from the Russians so I'd imagine that's where a majority of that 600,000 came from

[@juniusluriuscatalus6606]

Fun fact: I played USA in Vicky 2 like four times or so and without any intention never got civil war. My first run was bad (well, not really, because it is so OP), but second and third I just steam rolled. Fourth I got bored a bit and it was one that I'd call really unlucky, but still I didn't see civil war. I wonder why? Most fun of course was always Prussia, but surprisingly I enjoyed China, humiliating Russia again and again with endless cavalry hordes. It was so broken... I think I visited Poland like five times before 1880's. :D :D :D

[@phileascurtil5605]

12:31 In France, we have someone like that too. He started in the French Army in 1870, then fought on the Versailles side during the Paris Commune, fought during WW1 and was a major participant in the battle of Verdun and finished his career with WW2 fighting in the french Résistance. He was almost awarded the title of "Maréchal de France", the highest military title. It's the Général de Castelnaud.

[@andrewedwards3813]

The reason the us uses $ is cuz a merchant (oliver pollock) living in Pensacola during the war did massive amounts of trading for the states and he used $ as his symbol. In the end he was congress was so indebt to him most papers just has a $ on it so we kept it

[@1985zebulon]

As an American I love the sarcastic shade being thrown.

[@SeaElias-i3y]

From liberty to imperial I see🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@williamburcham2345]

"Watches ludi play his favorite way to play america" Marvelous

[@LudietHistoria]

I call it expansioilist

[@Lelisss]

Im gonna be honest, I have been hooked to your content for the last 2 weeks.

[@LudietHistoria]

@@Lelisss awww thanks for watching my vids bro. Such a sweet thing to comment, made my day bro ^-^

[@superpotake3996]

When I first started victoria 3, there were barely any mods on it. Now, there are interesting mods ranging from fighting zombies to be able to have 8 principles in powerblock or even automatic scripts that would make the private sector easier to be controllable. Would you be able to show a mod playthrow in the future or maybe try to have some top of the mods that you find out useful? (They will not affect the achievements)

[@YimingSun-fs2ut]

Fun fact, Norton banned the word "Frisco" when he was in power.

[@archer8849]

15:14 Congratulations! You've achieved something as US which they never achieved irl. Still stuck with private one.

[@Dmcfar423]

@@archer8849 woosh

[@xavanezos]

Everyone talking about Confederate runs and here I am hoping you do an Indian Territory (:

[@rockerfarm6445]

11:55 come on guns was a free one there

[@gugaljp]

28:10 you said the correct way

[@randallvandal6424]

@@gugaljp and check out 26:39. Said Carnegie perfectly

[@CatladyAyaki]

Love you!!!

[@thebluebadger42]

You should try one as the Confederates and form the Golden Circle across the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

[@flashfrag]

Ludi brother, show us how to play with the minus deficit of budget while actually getting money. Its not easily portaited. Another thing how the privatization of building happen? Do we toggle it manually or happens automatically with lessaiz fair? Merry Xmas and happy new year from Greece. xxx

[@sheppycider123]

Laissez fair forces privatisations so it’s automatic. Other laws allow you to toggle it on and off. If negative income is white it means your economy growth is higher than the rate of deficit. As a great or major power you can go into debt because the interest is low, as an unrecognised nation you basically can never go into debt because the interest is so rough it will annihilate your eco.

[@PCFfatalerror]

Texas world conquest when?

[@Tamsin53]

In the next run you could return to presidential republic and go for the Star-Swarmed Banner achievement.

[@joshuamarpaia]

16:58 for sure but all the credit to Lilcoln Cabinet. The populace werent ethuatist early on and Without the army reforms and general Grant's genralship it's likely the union would succumb to politcal issues and given up on the war because of even greater casualties for less ground. Over half a million people in a country with a 32 million died. Majority from the union but since dixies made up 8 mill out 32 it quite literally meant they able and willing to lose about a quarter of fighting age population. Every other war the US has fought is dwarf by the civil war.

[@TheArgetbirsinger]

I’d be curious to see the Confederate run. A more agrarian power, more stratified society holding onto slavery for longer. Most videos on KZbin are all about hyper industrializing, less on becoming the world’s breadbasket and textile supplier with cheap labor

[@mark9152]

I'd really like to see a Monarchy Confederate States. I'd give you one like if you do that.

[@temeela4668]

The Dixie as primary is a bug, I had Yankee, Afro-American and *not* Dixie as primaries and when I established Charter Companies their cultures were Yankee and Dixie, that said at least Afro-American was recognized as primary for pop-acceptance, but it would have been nice for the Colonies

[@HernTheHunter]

Joshua Norton, is my favorite American President with Suzan B. Anthony as my second in Victoria 3.

[@Nirob615]

11:52 the people in the United States have guns. England has it's tea, Russia and it's Vodka, Spain and their siestas, and France with wine. Also the game can't replicate the few states that are supposed to be neutral in the civil war. Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri are those states, and maybe Delaware I'm not 100% sure on that one though. Also West Virginia didn't exist until the Civil War started, but the game can't replicate that either. California was also on the side of the Union despite being the only recognized state in the western half of the country.

[@GojiraFan25]

pro tip indian territory gets automatically annexed when you complete manifest destiny, infamy is just a number but

[@iwillbestark6612]

Robert E. Lee had a change of heart in this timeline

[@ОлегЗавгородний-ь2й]

"We are going to research the "nationalism" from day one" Most American, what I've heard🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@lebronking7566]

Random question Ludi, but what is the spec of your PC?

[@TheBiggersofLand]

Saying that curry is British is the most colonial thing I’ve ever heard you say, and you’re a Vicky 3 KZbinr.

[@wolf666min7]

A confederate state that is an agrarian based economy with backwards social policies would be an interesting run

[@B1productions]

Please do the confederate run, it would be very fun

[@irradiance_]

yay new ludi upload

[@tannerunderwood264]

Ludi you been checking my search history? I was looking for Norton in the 1.8 patch just yesterday…

[@incosto6036]

Well i am not sure about souther chances if they would be more strategic about. By 1860 they had no chance at all, but if they could sway British empire to help them with the war and British would dedicade their full military might to put USA into vassal swarn it could be a fail for the North. Anyway is it possible to subjegate USA when you play as British?

[@cekoforbidden9317]

"The British have curry" 😢

[@Hraher]

Everybody has curry. It is just common sense.

[@pyrytuomela]

Can you do a Finland playtrough?

[@jonahlevin4900]

"there was no chance for the south to win...." well, if the confederates would have gotten some support from one or two major european powers... but they were too busy with their own issues (bismark started to unite germany during that time) to really care and/or invest in the american war.

[@inderawahyudi2182]

Play Punjab and unite India pls, i suddenly remember Vicky 2 Punjab AAR comic i read on paradox forum years ago, Subcontinental Subtleties

[@guahlg2834]

Yeah the title is kind of wrong choosing the United Sovereign Archduchy path is pretty standard at this point.

[@guahlg2834]

NATO though is more unique

[@St_Christopher]

Hah! Finally did the king Norton run! And the company is pronounced Car-na-gee. Finally no Gaza invasion in a run!!! Finally lol

[@dodoscorpion]

I don't remember ever seeing an India run. Sarbatori fericite!

[@ClementMulot]

to fix the ledger you need to click on gdp and then unpause the game

[@stromthetroll]

no hawaii is the 50th out of 50 states we dont have 51

[@bigbo1764]

Victorian era? No. The Jacksonian era.

[@thedumbchicken7120]

MASSACHUSETTS MENTIONED

[@juancamiloardilaespitia4229]

Ludi You actually annex the Indian territory once You complete the manifestó Destiny entry...

[@asokgarai2017]

2:30 as an indian this is 100% true i can confirm

[@parsifal2299]

Try playing as a big nation at the start date but federalize by releasing vassals until you get la 2 to 3 states, is really diferente and it messes up the game economy

[@xColton24]

OIL?!?! RAHHHHH 🦅

[@SiltStriderBravo]

Ludi, I beg of you; do a world tour at the end of your videos.

[@TheMadsWeaponEngineer]

hello ludi , love from corsica

[@SpiritofTexas1590]

In my current communist Italy run the AI created the archduchy and took half of South America with the Peru Bolivia confederation as a vasal. 😂

[@lordmaur180]

Somehow i ended up with Emperor Abram Lincon... twice 😂

[@erickmoczulski1582]

Hail Empire of Norton!

[@joshsatanson635]

more of this run please ludi, i will offer many wallets, just don't ask where they come from

[@veggieburger4u]

You should do Khalsa Raj with the new India mechanics and unify India

[@AvecSanti]

Please do CONFEDERATE RUN!!!

[@charlesiphone5765]

Pls don't invite France and Turkey to NATO this time 😂😂

[@m_m2869]

Dreaming "United Soviets of America"

[@kartikeynain9641]

please play as EIC break into small states continue as satara and conquer all of south asia

[@MeisterShifu]

Can you maybe make a video about what benefits you get from either Inventionism or Laissez Fair? I hopped on vic3 again after more then half a year, back then i always took Interventionalism but now the companies look really op but at the same time everytime i took Laissez fair in my new runs (multiplayer so no giga colonisation most of the time) it always looke way worse then Interv.. I didn't do the whole math behind it but imo it seems that you get more money from your buildings and keep most buildings on interv. but with Laissez your people build more stuff wich you dont have to pay for BUT in my opinion the private buidling mechanic is still complete and utter garbage. They build so much not needed trash and so on. Like i said would really appreciate a video where you explain and compare the benefits and downsides of those 2

[@peny1981]

How to stop countries from supporting independance of my subjects?

[@hazorg16]

You could call it W A T O, since you're conquering the Western Atlantic in the first video 😭😭

[@Zergslayer_42069]

So this is the good time line?

[@512TheWolf512]

Ohio gozaimasu to you too, ludi

[@MrLoL____]

Big props for not attacking south africa and countries like yemen 👍

[@donzapatero4808]

Confederate states run or united states of north America run (annex all of Canada and all of the mexican empire which was new spain.)

[@luishenrique320]

As a Latin American do another video LUDIE, WE NEED MORE BOOTS ON US, PLEASE

[@gladysmuema1945]

Can you play Kenya

[@Carnage1138]

Do a Confederate run with Chihuahua, Sonora, and Cuba as states with Slavery outlawed. DO IT!!!!!! Bonus points if you can snag Arizona and New Mexico.

[@jacekkrzysztofhajdas5251]

I AM waiting for second part of byzantium

[@wottpenn7074]

PLS CONTINUE THIS SAVE 🙏🏿😭😭

[@clarkwoods4035]

Murica Hegemony

[@anarvgupta4287]

Please do a Sikh empire run, there is a cool achievement to subjugate great Britain as india

[@TheOghuz78]

i wonder when paradox will fix the whole dixie reconstruction thing it's really annoying

[@Meteyusf]

Please continue till 1920s

[@donstukanski27]

You said you wanted to roleplay.. why the public health insurance?

[@Brat2513]

Play Denmark and restore the danish empire + south America

[@hompanit8942]

Im sorry luddie but this is the only path😈

[@gentlemanchaos7448]

Hearing him pronounce Indiana reminds me again how weird English is. Because there really isn't a logical reason either a is pronounced differently.

[@Eric-dg2cx]

Go CSA. 😋

[@residentbeagle2320]

Go Confederate run 🤠🗽

[@Prof-Anax]

What the hell is a kilometer RAAAAAH