What if China & the Middle East Switched Places?

[@soggyherman7454]

Drew! Find a mod where everything is swapped! like India and Balkans, Denmark and South Korea, China and the middle east, UK and Japan, South America and Africa, just everything switched. that would be an amazing video!

[@britishmapper1966]

South Korea Lmao. And sadly there is only one mod like this but it kinda sucks

[@Th3D3vilishBoy]

But what about Europe in Americas?

[@TheOzelot11]

@@britishmapper1966 I'm pretty sure one of the people that did these mods can do a mod like that. These seem to pop up on the workshop whenever someone releases a video about them.

[@johncao6516]

Pretty sure I saw something like this the other day on workshop, but country swaps not region swaps

[@totallynotjeff7748]

That would be ridiculous!

[@snakejuice5188]

Next: What if Drew and Alex switched places

[@Ethan11892]

Drew would lose his iconic hair though!

[@QueenOTheSea]

That would make it Drew on top Alex on bottom then?

[@oldcow__plays3987]

Then a certain porn hub would come along

[@narcick1018]

alexes channel dead sadly

[@oldcow__plays3987]

@@LM-tc6cc Alex the rambler

[@lefterievro8398]

Italy Scandinavia swap, the mod exists

[@chandamandal8646]

YES

[@vinny9868]

I prefer something more like this: i.imgur.com/F74tKYB.png

[@Pigraider268]

@@vinny9868 It's so ugly

[@drichmo]

Vin Chavez Castro that is horrific... I need it!

[@losgatossonmuychidos]

Vin Chavez Castro yes

[@SG-ql7gq]

That so cool! I’m ethnically a Lur. We speak a form of old Persian/Kurdish and are Shiite. 😄

[@Abbas_alfayli]

I am gonna cry its a dream become true

[@shastealyomeal]

Wow

[@naa5972]

L U R I S T A N R U L E S T H E W A V E S

[@babakshaker5165]

This is the most random win I've ever seen 😂😂😂😂

[@soheilebipour8186]

I didn't expect that Luristan conquer Russia. My sister in law is a Lur too.

[@DrFoxter]

"Scotland allied with AIR" Well.. It's like Scotland made up a ally while it was under pressure

[@zamathellama9708]

DrFoxter you could say, they made it out of thin air

[@Crick1952]

@@zamathellama9708 *drum snare*

[@v4enthusiast541]

“Guys, trust me I have an ally. You wouldn’t know her, she goes to another school”

[@BoneziusPilatuz]

@@v4enthusiast541 "You would be so jealous, she even is a princess! Ya boy is gonna be a king." "A princess? Of what?" "Uhh, you know.. Air... Bel Air... She's the princess of Bel Air!"

[@blackjacktrial]

They just wanted to combine ayr with air.

[@mark.depaula]

Normal people: China has tributaries Drew, the big brain: MONEY STATES

[@rjsimpson2484]

People making a big deal about pewdiepie getting a 100mil playing button while the real BIG deal is that drew uploads daily baby

[@filiptalimdzioski7281]

Lets break his other leg then!

[@svc221]

There makeing a big deal about the donation

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

Hahahahahaha hah, I just came over from pews LoL

[@OceanHedgehog]

Pewdiepie is a trash human being.

[@ragedice6853]

@@OceanHedgehog and might i ask why?

[@sambullock666]

Drew I love you. My roommate says our relationship is one-sided, please prove him wrong.

[@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou]

milk carton has a relationship with a paintbrush

[@clonetrooper730]

@@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou Let em love each other. Don't wanna know what the baby looks like though. Would be a sight for sore eyes.

[@yungmalaria]

Taking a whole new meaning to the “middle-kingdom”

[@t.sebastiao9824]

The fact that a 3-province vassal in 1444 next to ming won the game makes me question if I really know how to play EU4

[@t.sebastiao9824]

@@NiumeLTU umm did you watch until the end of the video? Luristan ofc

[@S3Cs4uN8]

@@NiumeLTU Luristan, they start as a 14-dev vassal to Ajam wedged between an impassable mountain line and Mushasha.

[@xeixi3789]

Tondo is Filipino kingdom. That was pretty epic as a Filipino.

[@WERTYUIO821]

What if Australia and New Zealand switch places with Iceland and Greenland?

[@isnisse3896]

Denmark left the chat*

[@daehkcidemos]

Steven Wertyuiooo what about the sunken lands of New Zealandia?

[@theyoshi202]

Nothing

[@adouhoiad]

Muscovy : *literally on the verge of death, with lithania having took almost every provinces needed to form russia* Drew: Muscovy might form russia soon

[@gengarzilla1685]

He didn't say that, don't plant words in his mouth. Even he wasn't sure if Muscovy could form Russia like that.

[@Bazzable]

@@gengarzilla1685 5:24 dumbass

[@Obreyze]

@@gengarzilla1685 no

[@wangyuchenscss58]

@@gengarzilla1685 5:25

[@niceguy1891]

10:10 HAHAHAH GOTLAND! IT'S A SWEDISH ISLAND AND GOTLAND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE CONTROL OVER IT SELF

[@cassu6]

Yeah! :D noticed that too

[@camiblack1]

I noticed it before vomiting from the gore.

[@JohnBlund94]

That Gotland was beautiful

[@niceguy1891]

@@JohnBlund94 YEah hahaha

[@bn56would]

Luristan didn't have the province of "Lorestan" either. It belonged to Ming, lol.

[@maxwelljacobs8830]

Moscow deep within Lithuanian lands Drew: Muscovy is going to form Russia Drew: Supprised to see no Russia, must've been because of ming.

[@kingremus7544]

It's so funny to see how little he actually knows about eu4 haha love this :)

[@valleU]

I was looking for this LUL

[@lespy8996]

Because he never plays, only observes, because, if he will play, he will lose very fast.

[@noreturn2231]

That's actually a thing with lots of his obserations. Same in the beginning with Poland/Lithuania situation. Poland probably just picked a local noble. Drew: Poland lost the union. etc.

[@gengarzilla1685]

I know it's funny to call him dumb, but he wasn't all "Muscovy is going to form Russia" like you folks claim. At this point it's just base exaggeration on your end.

[@thomasturner6980]

I guess America would invade north Korea for oil in this universe

[@topman8565]

North Korea ha s afuck ton of oil in real life aswell

[@federalstateofaustria7611]

Hakohito it does have oil and... Korean

[@Xelights]

Skin oil does not count.

[@itzikashemtov6045]

@@federalstateofaustria7611 I like how someone with an American flag knows exactly who has oil :D:D

[@klayman2]

@@federalstateofaustria7611 the Korean Peninsula has no proven oil reserves and are the largest importers of supplies next to Japan

[@joshuaaudiedepositario3041]

Hi. Some Philippines historical fact. Tondo is one of the precolonial Spain kingdoms in Manila. Love the swapping of locations stuff. :) Really enjoyed all your HOI vids.

[@idanzamir7540]

3:44 Small brain countries: I'm allied with no one. Scotland: I'm allied with air!

[@SharksAttack]

"Lorestan Province (Persian: استان لرستان, also written Luristan,[3] Lurestan,[3] or Loristan),[3] is a province of western Iran in the Zagros Mountains." - Wikipedia

[@Ryan-tz7sx]

@DrewDurnil if you turn off your graphics mod the blue outlines of the old locations for China and Arabia will disappear

[@Jumpingpig]

What if Russia and Madagascar switch places I mean... why not?

[@mbrusyda9437]

Ooh no.. I imagined that and it's ugly

[@TheOzelot11]

Russia is 100 times bigger than Madagascar how's that supposed to work out?

[@johnvelasco4391]

Yes

[@SmashingSnow]

@@TheOzelot11 it's not

[@rikbresters8813]

@@TheOzelot11 yes

[@emilekroth100]

10:45 I love how Gotland is in nothern Russia but not on the island of Gotland.

[@mitt2742]

Drew Weres officer Sanchez season 2 its all we care about

[@kwanner7]

"Here we go top 10" Shows top 8

[@NMahon]

Drew talking about the middle east "these guys have pissed a lot of people off, not a good idea"

[@Ottocide]

This was one of the best EU IV games I have ever seen, Drew; that was absolute insanity! I'm so glad you found a mod that finally curbed The Mamluks! I was sick of seeing Mamluk Australia as well. But wow, Luristan going in for the win.. I too, have never even heard of such a country, and for them to win the whole game, just pure awesomeness. I really hope you keep up with your upload frequency once your leg heals. I know you have a real life and such and wanna go out and have experiences; but I, and many others love your content, and I love getting to watch a new one every day. So every other day would be nice and hopefully not too hard to do unless you're working on another massive project in which, I'm more than happy to wait for. I really really hope you have another Mega-Campaign planned in the not so distant future. Those were my absolute favorite videos that you have made. I understand it takes alot of time and effort and the amount of likes/views/comments/money made probably doesn't reflect that.. but... I'd absolutely love to see another. I would be willing to invest for it 😂

[@aphexboiz5035]

Luristan is an Iranian state, they rebelled against/were released by Ming. Kerman was another Iranian state which had switched to the far East. It's pronounced Kermon like Teflon. Love your vids btw

[@blakerierson3165]

Nobody: Luristan: I’m about to do what’s called a PRO GAMER move

[@Jegrygerfede]

YES my dad is from Luristan LUR PRIDE!!!!!!

[@seannolan9857]

Oddly enough, "Arabian China" was basically the setting for Aladdin in 1001 Arabian Nights. I guess this universe is where that story originated. Which means, if I can transport myself inside of the game, I can finally get ahold of that lamp!

[@tudung348]

I was surprised to see Tondo dynasty (8:55) rule that much of territory. They historically just ruled most of Luzon until the conquistadores arrived.

[@piolit06]

"There are no strait crossings" While looking straight at a strait crossing.

[@johanrosenberg6342]

In Swedish Luristan can be interpreted as a middle-eastern country where you get tricked (Kinda like a pun, because luri(g) means tricky). Seems fitting considering they tricked Ming pretty hard in this game.

[@xandereagles2572]

Drew: What just happened to the Ottomans The Winged Hussars happened

[@DIEGhostfish]

And then the austrians betrayed their saviors again.

[@kreg857]

Drew, a tributary state is not a puppet state.

[@jacksonthesyndicalist2771]

“I don’t know if Muscovy will form Russia” *Lithuania owns Moscow, St Petersburg, and almost all of what Muscovy starts with* are u ok drew?

[@CityFCOG]

Still waiting for someone to make an Italy and Florida swapped

[@bbrdbr]

FreeCityOfGdansk okay this is a better idea

[@princekyros]

Luristan is pronounced Lor-es-taan (aa like tall, not like the name stan) if anyone's wondering.

[@scottkrafft6830]

I think it's a one-province minor as well. xD

[@parsa7839]

@@scottkrafft6830 It was swapped over with the middle east which is funny how they made it back over and dominated cause theyre normally a puppet of ajam but were free for once and took advantage

[@ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman]

6:03 oh I think we all know what happened to the Ottomans COMING DOWN THEY TURN THE TIDE!

[@ronukaj8968]

Drew...this is getting out of hand. Each time the maps look more and more cursed than the others before it.

[@profeagle2470]

What if turkey and the Balkans switched with morroco and iberia?

[@wee3ist]

Turkey and iberia Ok The balkans and morroco No Just no

[@profeagle2470]

@@wee3ist the idea is that turkey will be switched with morroco and the balkans woth iberia. So basicaly its switching Gibraltar and constantinople

[@wee3ist]

@@profeagle2470 oh

[@skibacademy]

Drew, you are my favorite KZbinr, I love your videos and you inspire me.

[@Dzharek]

Luristan starts out as a Vassal of Ajam, so i think Ming took Overlordship over them and then they just grew a bunch.

[@OthEdden]

I keep watching these geography swaps, and i think the one I want to see the most right now is Indonesia and the Caribbean. You could flip Malaysia with Florida while you are at it.

[@ncexistential4919]

the caribbeans are much smaller than indonesia tho

[@allahstan4171]

I think we should break every part of drew to make him download just like this

[@pitakon]

Shout out from the Philippines. Tondo is a district in Manila. If I remember my history it's the trade center in that area during pre Spanish colonial times.

[@kevinhartmemes3821]

Ming in Arabia? Oh you mean the Mongols

[@jihangirastra3851]

I mean Mongols and Chinese are different people

[@sammymedawar307]

no

[@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana]

@@jihangirastra3851 Actually the Mongols are descended from a rebellious faction of the Xia dynasty, so yes they are Chinese.

[@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana]

@Herdan The Xia's existence used to be debated, but evidence has since come up that they were there. Also, this is splinter of the Xia survived all the way out of myth into commonly accepted history. Genetically the Mongols are very different from modern Chinese. However, being Chinese is more like a governing institution than a genetic family, kind of like a political movement. It makes more sense when you remember the meaning of the dynasty's names. If you go by genetics you come to the nonsense conclusion that the Xia, Shang, and Zhou were not Chinese. Therefore I don't think genetics is a reliable way to tell a Chinese dynasty from a non-Chinese one.

[@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana]

@Herdan The Mongols, unfortunately, did not write their history until after they became the world's largest contiguous empire. Fortunately, the Chinese sources for this came long, long before Chinggis Khan and don't seem to have a reason to be biased. In any case, the Mongols diverged from the rest of China a really, really long time ago. Over 2,500 years had passed when they fought the Song. I guess its a testament to China's age that two forms of it could fight and look completely unrelated, because of time.

[@hoangtannguyenvu4682]

5:42 There is a strait crossing right there

[@emendo2696]

Ming: gets luristan to #1 Ming: I guide others to a treasure I cannot possess

[@immaslipperlol]

8:59 Tondo starts in the Philippines

[@fubblehead6608]

At this rate we don't even have to break the other leg when this one heals, Drew is stupid enough to do that himself

[@rjsimpson2484]

Drew breaks leg and gets a cast Im gonna do this video standing up Drew couple minutes later "Uh-oh thats not [awkward pause] thats not good not good at all"

[@jaxxinator5999]

Does Drew realise that score is calculated relative to initial size and base tax and not just how powerful a nation Is?

[@teixeira476]

id like to see iberia and korea swapped (or even scandinavia) to see how much position affects their colonies

[@bn56would]

The funny thing is, that Luristan didn't even own the real life province of Lorestan. It belonged to Ming, lol.

[@thefilapano5533]

i can’t find any other videos like the ones Drew make. now there’s a insatiable hole left in my heart for more eu4 observer content

[@harbl99]

Good going Drew. I mean, I thought Europe in the Pacific was horrific, but this is the most accursed EU4 observation yet. 2:20 -- Ming Australia could have been a historical reality, but the 15th century Chinese took one look at the place and decided "There is nothing here for civilised people. We leave now and burn the boats. LEt us never speak of this place again." 4:45 -- "Korea is having trouble with Kerman." Weird little green guy keeps dropping out of the sky and trying to claim Korean homeland. No, just no.

[@angelmatesmolan]

Next vid: What if Leg and Drew switched places?

[@abyssstrider2547]

We would get a more intelligent creator.

[@DartzinhoV]

I saw this mod in the workshop a couple days ago and I just knew Drew was going to do a video about it

[@UwU-xk5cx]

10:06 that moment when gotland is the ultimate scandinavian power

[@Seagull512]

Lithuania: Conqours ~90% of Russia. Drew: It was probably Ming who stopped Muscovy from forming Russia.

[@armanfeli1011]

Drew durnil wondering why luristan won : 😫 Me being a persian-lur myself: 😹 (Reference to the woman and cat meme lol)

[@crazyninja5054]

Most formable countries in EU4 require specific provinces. In the case of Russia, Muscovy needs provinces from Novgorod, that are next to the border with Lithuania. If Lithuania takes these provinces, Russia can't form. So generally speaking, if Lithuania has expanded into Muscovy at all, Russia isn't going to form.

[@S3Cs4uN8]

iirc it also needs a one or two provinces that Lithuania holds from the start anyway, so a powerful commonblob pretty much means there won't be a russia.

[@crazyninja5054]

@@S3Cs4uN8 Doesnt need any from Lithuania, I play Lithuania all the time. The only provinces they need in addition to their current provinces are in Novgorod, like the province of Novgorod and Nizhny. It says on the Wiki and ingame.

[@LeafSooup]

Scotland:is doing well Me: I’ve been waiting for this since the dawn of time Scotland: fails Me:

[@arunlewis4416]

When you get to a Rambler, Durnil or ISP video in under ten minutes *I AM SPEED.*

[@tylercalender1619]

drew-what if china and the middle east switched places me-aight seems legit

[@frozenace3337]

Never knew about the chinese peninsula.

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

6:02 the winged hussars arrived

[@dcethe6943]

at 6:00 When the Wing Hussars Arrived!

[@TheElemele7]

No way, that he did not intervene, so many plot-twist, and transfeering huge chunks of lands, from side to side in every film..

[@cosmofusco839]

Am I the only one who routes for Germany every time ? No just me ... I’ll go back to eating brautwurst

[@gamedominatorxennongdm7956]

you're not alone.

[@RealTalkChannelRTC]

North America and China switched next

[@klayman2]

I wonder if it would be possible to make a Pangea map or one with the land bridge from Alaska to Russia

[@carlose4314]

Japan: Hipity Hopity your oil is know my property

[@TheBreadthatcausedLesMis]

I wonder if theres a mod that attaches all islands to the nearest large landmass. So the british isles attached to france, ireland attached to wales, Greenland attached to Canada etc

[@azcarth1125]

Switch Madagascar and Taiwan or Cuba and Hawaii or Russia and the Vatican (or smallest nation)

[@antekmorawiecki4841]

Can you make nations fight in Africa in Civ 6. Just like you did with Europe, but with city states and without mods please.

[@SuperMario641]

You've somehow experienced some of the rarest nations to form... What a legend

[@dynex811]

It's a little fucked up that I'm sad you're recovering because I've been enjoying the cascade of videos.

[@jevinliu4658]

9:40 Luristan? I thought that was in Iran. Luristan does not even have control of Luristan. Meanwhile, Alaska is not in Alaska and Gotland is not in Gotland.

[@Keyhan-c8c]

Wow, luristan so big! Luristan is a small province located between kurdistan and shiraz.

[@bigounce4354]

When he said hejazz I thought he would make a bee movie joke

[@junggalli9514]

So all we Nepalis have to do get big is ask the Chinese to shift to Arabia...Thanks for the idea, Drew.

[@megareavermickeybot7985]

Did you know there used to be alot of land around where the British Isles are now? Archaeologists call it Dogger land after the Dogger boats. Used to be one giant peninsula there that had lots of forests and fields. I wish there was like a Mod where it never left or came back somehow. Anyways what can be swapped now? North West Africa with Alaska? Or maybe the Siberian peninsula with Alaska? Alaska and Scandinavia? Horn of Africa with California?

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

China seeing the Great Horde: “I though I was rid of you when I moved!”

[@obamaslastname1923]

You should combine all the swapped nation mods (korea swapped with denmark, china swapped with middle east, India swapped with balkans, etc) into one, and make the ultimate cursed map.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Central America/Arabia swap

[@randomstuffc.j.o1408]

Tondo is a nation which starts in the Philippines, seeing them dominate makes me happy

[@zoharamitai8719]

6:00 damn those Winged Hussars hit the Ottomans a little too hard

[@kapper8379]

*Scotland allied with Air* *Scottish windmill industry intensifies*

[@Tsum1231]

3:44 SCOTLAND IS ALLIED WITH THE AIR

[@kianariyan5263]

Yeeeee 😎 I am orginally a lorish from luristan. Thats a province in south west part of IRAN. I always want to see my hole country great, but that was fun. Lorish people are so patriot, brave and honored. We always love our province (lorestan) and our country IRAN

[@drakan4769]

Luristan is a two or three province minor in persia, they start as a vassal to ajam (timurid's rival)

[@S3Cs4uN8]

And tend to get eaten when that day-1 'I hate Ajam' fanclub war kicks off.

[@PeferG17]

5:59 WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

[@soheilebipour8186]

My sister in law is an ethnic Lur. She would be happy to see Luristan conquered Russia.

[@okonzel]

8:57 how did he not notice Swiss Burma

[@generalkenobi3601]

6:02 As a pole I like this

[@element3233]

Lithuania: Beats Muscovy and becomes one of the largest countries. Drew: Ming and it's puppet beat it. Sad kekw

[@T_Kelso]

Drew not mentioning the fact that Gotland took over so much of Scandinavia..

[@Bubbeelqwq]

Luristan is a formable nation from "Extended Timeline mod" which you probably use, that's why you don't see that often

[@S3Cs4uN8]

in the vanilla game Luristan is a vassal to Ajam in 1444, they tend to get consumed in the early 'I hate Ajam' dogpile wars that play out in the very early years of the game.