The BEST SECRET COUNTRIES in VICTORIA 3 are INSANE

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  • čas přidán 27. 05. 2024
  • BOHEMIA IS BACK?! There are already hundreds of nations in Victoria 3, both independent and in subject form, and even formable nations! In this video however, we find that there are EVEN MORE nations in Victoria 3, although these are completely hidden from view. Some are historical while others are alternative and others still possible in the future!
    Join me as we check out the best hidden and secret countries in Victoria 3, and why they might be awesome to try out! Personally, it made me so happy to see Venice make an awesome return.
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Komentáře • 198

  • @AndysTake
    @AndysTake  Před rokem +5

    Is THIS the next Paradox game?! czcams.com/video/GJNiPxLDeuE/video.html

  • @fareflight2029
    @fareflight2029 Před rokem +284

    Didn't even mention Deseret. Can't believe you didn't know about the best (and only) Mormon Theocracy to exist.

    • @theranredguardist1949
      @theranredguardist1949 Před rokem +1

      Their flag is cool too

    • @richardalex4516
      @richardalex4516 Před rokem +4

      Been playing Deseret since launch and the challenge is intense

    • @Edward135i
      @Edward135i Před rokem +7

      I've been playing as Texas, I completely forgot about deseret. So many crazy ways the United States could have gone, also at the time the US fully intend to annex Canada into the United States once England was Board playing with it, but that ever happened and the UK held onto it to this day, (technically)

  • @MarkSeinIII
    @MarkSeinIII Před rokem +135

    Jan Mayen is the best releasable country imo.

    • @turnmeonaliveman
      @turnmeonaliveman Před rokem +32

      Especially when governed by Karl Marx himself

    • @nobunagaoda8439
      @nobunagaoda8439 Před rokem +11

      @@turnmeonaliveman bears need their clothes and Jan Mayen got em :3

  • @fredrickvonstien861
    @fredrickvonstien861 Před rokem +32

    I just found another but this one is actually in the game, and it comes with a beautiful red color: The Roman Republic, reform the papacy into a Republic and you get it and a very satisfying red color.

  • @randompillow5146
    @randompillow5146 Před rokem +101

    I think a part 2 for this would be amazing! Could be a cool series idea too since there are so many releasable nations.

  • @fredrickvonstien861
    @fredrickvonstien861 Před rokem +68

    Babylonia exists in the files as a localized tag but not as a formable itself.

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +12

      damn interesting!

    • @fredrickvonstien861
      @fredrickvonstien861 Před rokem +16

      @@AndysTake I think that it's leftover code from some copy and pasting early in development, but if you want a secret nation that is a Schrodinger's cat of it might exist in the future or it might be removed we just won't know until they update the game.

    • @Pigraider268
      @Pigraider268 Před rokem

      @@fredrickvonstien861 Relic from Imperator maybe

    • @dehydrateddarkness3565
      @dehydrateddarkness3565 Před rokem +1

      ​​@@Pigraider268 More like a relic from Victoria 2, it was formable there by westernized Iraq in any borders, though considering Paradox went into political corectness and westernization is not a thing I have no idea how it would work

  • @Kejmur
    @Kejmur Před rokem +40

    I've seen some playthroughs with released Poland from Russia. Start from looks of it is rough (starting as 58th nation), but access to things like coal allows one to quickly build up an economy. And well, rebuilding Poland as yet again powerful European nation is a fun concept by itself.

  • @harvbegal6868
    @harvbegal6868 Před rokem +9

    I live in Oregon USA currently. So I wanted to play as British Columbia since Oregon is a part of it here and historically but I didn't want to be part of GB. I started as GB, granted independence to British Columbia then switched to British Columbia. I was blown away to find that the country name changed to Oregon. Complete with the beaver flag and all. It was most definitely not the easiest start. Around 30,000 pop and like a logging camp, and that was it.

  • @etanman4827
    @etanman4827 Před rokem +10

    I wish there was a way to pick certain subject nations form the get go and try and rebel instead of just being given independence which feels a little cheap

    • @dezthescentlessapprentice
      @dezthescentlessapprentice Před rokem

      Im sure you could use commands for a similar experience. Or release and declare on the country then switch over to make it an independence war

    • @BlackHawk2b
      @BlackHawk2b Před rokem

      If you're a subject nation I can tell you that you will have to fight for your independence

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +4

      Just do it the other way - release yourself as a subject, then fight for independence

  • @Punggles
    @Punggles Před rokem +12

    That’s awesome how they did this and ramps replayability even higher, great video 🤘

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem

      Thank you, Punggles! :D it’s awesome indeed!

    • @TheGawron666
      @TheGawron666 Před rokem

      Replayability? xD You play every country the same way xD

  • @BifronsCandle
    @BifronsCandle Před rokem +17

    What's funny to me is that New Afrika uses the Pan-African tricolor made by Marcus Garvey, who was born 50 years after game start.

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +13

      well you can also create byzantium, but that thing fell 400 years before game start

    • @BifronsCandle
      @BifronsCandle Před rokem +1

      @@AndysTake Point taken

    • @YaBoiDREX
      @YaBoiDREX Před rokem +4

      Well New Afrika was first proposed by Malcom X in the 1960s so….

  • @thomasguiral7121
    @thomasguiral7121 Před rokem +6

    First thing I did was play as Venice, soon the average Venetian peasant enjoyed a better lifestyle than Russian aristocrats

  • @juurika22
    @juurika22 Před rokem +5

    Doing a game where everything is released could be so much fun

  • @history7501
    @history7501 Před rokem +16

    Assyria looks interesting

  • @friendlyneighbourhoodanarc3039

    So happy about New Africa.
    Liberia was the only country in vic2 with African Americans as main pop, so I was always trying to colonize Florida as Liberia

  • @Arturo005100
    @Arturo005100 Před rokem +6

    andalucia having a core in extremadura and being a releasable at all in the 19th century is pretty horrible, same deal with catalonia having a core in murcia

  • @tttsss3354
    @tttsss3354 Před rokem +8

    I didn't expect to see Assyria

  • @ahloz8359
    @ahloz8359 Před rokem +6

    I have fun with this, i start a new game, release all nations, puppets and such. Make all available regions free at start, play on highest AI agressivness. I usally play as Scania, formed from releasing in sweden. Its fun to see a "shattred" world, and how it develops. Its nice they added so you can switch between nations.

  • @nicholasaugust7710
    @nicholasaugust7710 Před rokem +1

    Born and raised in Michigan and love that its actually a playable nation. Will do a playthrough if it after I finally get my Transvaal one done.

  • @aussie_skeleton
    @aussie_skeleton Před rokem +1

    Thank you for the information friend

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +1

      My pleasure, mate :)

    • @aussie_skeleton
      @aussie_skeleton Před rokem +1

      @@AndysTake your the first CZcamsr who answered my comment, You made my day and I hope you have a great day

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +1

      @@aussie_skeleton Hey my pleasure, friend, I hope you have a great day as well, and that you’ll stick around for more! :D

    • @aussie_skeleton
      @aussie_skeleton Před rokem

      @@AndysTake I will

  • @johnacer1727
    @johnacer1727 Před rokem +1

    A new game to spend our time to relax.

  • @ChrisS1776
    @ChrisS1776 Před rokem +2

    They all make sense except for New Africa which is possibly the stupidest thing I have ever seen in a Paradox game.

  • @gdoublell1002
    @gdoublell1002 Před měsícem

    Wow someone discovered the release and play as function. Revolutionary

  • @2009worstyearever
    @2009worstyearever Před rokem

    Lanfang is kind of fun. Its a Chinese democracy in Malaya so it has a ton of resources + access to the Qing market, which usually stays 1-2 biggest economy in the world

  • @Ugapiku
    @Ugapiku Před rokem +2

    Restore PLC? I'm buying this game!

  • @TheCoyote808
    @TheCoyote808 Před rokem +1

    I love the hidden national titles based on governments. Papal States unifying Italy? Kingdom of Heaven. Monarchist America? United Sovereign Archduchies. Gotta get those flavor wins too!

  • @gunnergoz
    @gunnergoz Před rokem +8

    What a cool surprise! Thanks for pointing this out. It gives the game so much more variety. Good job!

  • @kesorangutan6170
    @kesorangutan6170 Před rokem

    Wow they have Iroquois(Haudenosaunee). I also saw releaseable Mayans in AlzaboHD's mormon video.

  • @khalip4926
    @khalip4926 Před rokem +1

    My first play through was as new africa

  • @Malactica
    @Malactica Před rokem

    Hei Andy takk for videoen veldig informativ😀

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem

      Gleden er på min side, Malactica! :D hyggelig at du likte den!

  • @blackheartedshamanjr.7457

    I saw Assyria on the list it could make for some interesting games later

  • @applefirst6026
    @applefirst6026 Před rokem +1

    Dai Nam is pretty op in SEA region

  • @spacethings8773
    @spacethings8773 Před rokem +2

    This is cool can’t wait to get the game

  • @chaoticsequencer
    @chaoticsequencer Před rokem +2

    A real shame it's not possible to release Victoria at game start (given, you know, the name of the game)!
    (Perhaps it's possible later as it didn't become a crown colony, independent from NSW, until 1851.)

  • @neverforgottenful
    @neverforgottenful Před rokem +2

    Almost all if this was formable even in Victoria 1. How's that even hidden or secret.
    But props to Paradox for including Assyria and Kurdistan, nice move.

  • @Lucas_Antar
    @Lucas_Antar Před rokem +2

    I love New Africa. Definitely a cool nod

  • @GamesCooky
    @GamesCooky Před rokem +6

    Really awesome to see so many hidden nations. This game has so much RP potential.

  • @SundiataWTF
    @SundiataWTF Před rokem +3

    Holy shit, New Africa?

  • @xabiyarza
    @xabiyarza Před rokem +3

    Wtf man you mention you can release Andalucía and not Navarre

  • @Messiah114
    @Messiah114 Před rokem

    You can do that in Vic2

  • @Mike23443
    @Mike23443 Před rokem +1

    Partitioned Poland: Am I a joke to you?

    • @alexandererhard2516
      @alexandererhard2516 Před rokem

      Well, probably because it is partitioned between prussia, austria and russia instead of just a part of a single nation.

    • @Mike23443
      @Mike23443 Před rokem

      @@alexandererhard2516 wouldn't that make it the most secret of all nations? You have the Krakow free state and can release Poland from all three but never all at once.

  • @aztecgoldmontizuma
    @aztecgoldmontizuma Před rokem +16

    I’d be interested to see if you could play as the Comanche who were a powerhouse during this time

    • @scott2452
      @scott2452 Před rokem +1

      It would be interesting to see in V3 can represent their style of mobile warfare… if the smallest military unit is a battalion, what would the Comanche field from their population of between 7-30k…

    • @aztecgoldmontizuma
      @aztecgoldmontizuma Před rokem +1

      @@scott2452 Good point! Also, there would have to be a financial incentive to go to war instead of territorial gain, gaining a large amount of money from small engagements would represent Comanche raids for horses.

    • @Pigraider268
      @Pigraider268 Před rokem +1

      You can. You can even play as Tawantinsuyu (Incas), Haudenoese (Iroqois) and country called Council of Three Fires

    • @aztecgoldmontizuma
      @aztecgoldmontizuma Před rokem +1

      @@Pigraider268 The council of the Three Fires are from the area of the US I'm from, hell yes! The "Iron Confederacy" are another group that also have a cool name

  • @fearan9406
    @fearan9406 Před rokem +2

    would it be best to break up all of austria first and thne hit play as on th one you want last? I havent played yet but il trry a small country first, a free ireland prob

  • @tankclone0229
    @tankclone0229 Před rokem

    now when i search victoria secret to see model, it comes to this clip hahaha

  • @Ericko290
    @Ericko290 Před rokem +1

    i didint know u could release kurdistan, thats so cool

  • @papiew1
    @papiew1 Před rokem +10

    My first playthrough was releasing Ukraine, it was really fun!
    A cool nation to play - although not secret - is Sokoto! I'm having a real fun time with that one right now.

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem

      Where is Sokoto located? :)

    • @papiew1
      @papiew1 Před rokem

      @@AndysTake Western Africa!

  • @ChrissieBear
    @ChrissieBear Před 8 měsíci

    Bro discovered releasables for the first time. 😂

  • @chellybub
    @chellybub Před rokem +8

    I think we're all wondering one thing... where's my newsletter Zeppelin??
    Release Grand Duchy of Finaland! Protestant Peasants rise up! Lol Cudgel War 2.0
    Bohemia is a cool choice, they were fun in both CK3 and EU4.

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem

      Yes, Bohemia is awesome! Although I might do a Venice play first…

  • @ermin.98
    @ermin.98 Před 6 měsíci

    Can you do the same with Bosnia and play as the state?

  • @kirbyone
    @kirbyone Před rokem +4

    Didn't even mention reforming the Byzantine Empire as Greece? Lol smh

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +2

      That’s a formable nation, this video was about releasable nations lol smh

  • @EverGameStudios
    @EverGameStudios Před 11 měsíci

    You forgot the hardest one to play, Israel. If you play it right from when you can open it as independent country, you would lose very quick.

  • @RainBrain26
    @RainBrain26 Před rokem

    I am playing Armenia right now. Unfortunately I didn't develop it as Russia so I had such a rocky start and had to rely on the turkish of all people to get Azerbaijan and Iğdir and later Georgia. I'm now a Spanish protectorate so that I could escape the Ottomans and prepare the campaign for Western Armenia. Although my industry is still shoddy, mostly because I ran out of pops

  • @Leann-n
    @Leann-n Před rokem

    cool video

  • @MunchKING
    @MunchKING Před rokem +1

    6:30 Huh. I would have thought if slavery was allowed, and only one culture was enfranchised, it would necessarily be the disenfranchised cultures that got made into slaves, so I was expecting it to be a role-reversal on the Dixie Pops.

    • @Zack_Wester
      @Zack_Wester Před rokem

      think this is supposed to be a case of the player getting control and supposed to start whit abolishing slavery.
      just because a black president is choicen for the nation it does not mean that slavery is instantly abolish and if its is it need to be abolish in practis and not just in a public statement.

  • @SalieriM
    @SalieriM Před rokem +4

    Clickbaiters can go to hell.

  • @slavemperor9581
    @slavemperor9581 Před rokem +2

    Poland!

  • @bionicleaz13
    @bionicleaz13 Před rokem +1

    none of them are really hidden

  • @MangaSamte
    @MangaSamte Před rokem +1

    Anyone know how to create India out of the British Raj/East India Company and not through conquest from the Princely States or other Kingdoms nearby??

  • @karisalonen12
    @karisalonen12 Před rokem +1

    You mentioned the Baltic countries but didn't mention Finland?

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +1

      Finland is already a nation you can play, same as Norway, no need to release them

    • @karisalonen12
      @karisalonen12 Před rokem

      @@AndysTake ahh, good point. Though I considered Finland as hidden as well as it was under same color and needed to know where to click to pick it yet no need to release it. In such sense. Still need to fight for indepence though.

  • @imaginarystranger1974
    @imaginarystranger1974 Před rokem +18

    Didn't expect the developers to include all territories with historically significant Ukrainian population in the game as part of the releasable nation.

    • @ryanelliott71698
      @ryanelliott71698 Před rokem +3

      They remember that but can’t create a decent combat system

    • @imaginarystranger1974
      @imaginarystranger1974 Před rokem +10

      @@ryanelliott71698 To be honest, a detailed combat system is the only significantly good thing in HoI4, Vic 3 is about economy and politics.

    • @BifronsCandle
      @BifronsCandle Před rokem +10

      @@ryanelliott71698 I’ll take the front system over the god awful micro in V2 any day

    • @ryanelliott71698
      @ryanelliott71698 Před rokem +1

      @@BifronsCandle in a way I get it, Victoria 2’s combat was too micromanagementy, but Victoria 3’s combat system is more akin to a mobile game.

    • @BifronsCandle
      @BifronsCandle Před rokem +1

      @@ryanelliott71698 Definitely needs refinement but I have some faith.

  • @craftsmenMC
    @craftsmenMC Před rokem

    Hold the hell on, red ottomans?! Mod?!

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +1

      Oh yes, a mod of my own creation ;) steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2879887959

    • @craftsmenMC
      @craftsmenMC Před rokem

      @@AndysTake awesome! Thanks! :)

  • @mechazoids
    @mechazoids Před rokem +2

    I really wish i could release Palestine as Israel immediately rather than waiting 50 years...

    • @EverGameStudios
      @EverGameStudios Před 11 měsíci

      I'm sure you can, using some modding to get the nationalism as Britain etc.. right when you start, there are ways to get stuff done faster. And after that you could stop cheating, prob is, playing as Israel that soon would put you in so much disadvantage that you would die pretty quickly.

  • @tsdobbi
    @tsdobbi Před rokem +6

    This will come as no surprise to Victoria 2 veterans.

  • @kacperlesniewski9035
    @kacperlesniewski9035 Před rokem

    You forgot about Poland...

  • @user-cvbnm
    @user-cvbnm Před rokem

    Vic 3 is underrated

  • @side2478
    @side2478 Před rokem

    Is it just me or is Ireland Kind of unplayable at the Start of the Game?

  • @Maharaja_of_Punjab
    @Maharaja_of_Punjab Před rokem +2

    Sikh empire guide

  • @akronym4439
    @akronym4439 Před rokem +1

    It just seems false that you can just release the nation you wanna play... I mean there are hardly countries which would release other nations

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +1

      Yeah, and you wouldn't if you wanna keep your empire intact - but you COULD release countries as strategic buffer zone subjects - or to roleplay as them. That's alternative history for you :)

    • @chaoticsequencer
      @chaoticsequencer Před rokem

      Well, NSW released Victoria in 1851. But that's exceptional given the difficulty of ruling a city that's >700km away with very little in between and given NSW was just a crown colony, not an independent nation. Having said that, Victoria is not releasable in game (in 1836 at least).
      Not counting releasing colonies, the only example I can think of of an independent nation releasing another nation was Italy releasing the Vatican (if you think they owned it to begin with, which is debatable). So, yeah, not super realistic, but as long as they AI never does it you don't have to either, so it's just something that gives players more options, which seems good to me.

    • @richardalex4516
      @richardalex4516 Před rokem +1

      Yeah not too many. Last nation I remember that did that was Singapore

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +1

      @@chaoticsequencer There’s more - Sweden “released” Norway from the personal union in 1905 after the independence movement. That’s reason enough itself to have this feature present.

    • @akronym4439
      @akronym4439 Před rokem

      @@AndysTake sure but take for example austrian empire. You wanna play Bohemia or Hungary and you start with austria and let those countries be independent. It just doesnt make sense because it would destroy the whole empire and historically there was the 1848 rvolution.
      It would be much better if you could start as a rebellion faction within the country and fight for independency.

  • @Samuel88853
    @Samuel88853 Před rokem +1

    Oregon is a good one. Quebec is also playable

  • @electricangel4488
    @electricangel4488 Před rokem

    Mate by defi intion empire is bot a nationstate

  • @mr.penguin8699
    @mr.penguin8699 Před rokem

    Poland?!?!??!!

  • @dr.magmablitz
    @dr.magmablitz Před rokem +1

    Romania ist good, Play as Austria geht wallachia dobtucha and Moldova and Release romania

  • @ebhgew
    @ebhgew Před rokem +1

    Украина до выдуманной Ленином:

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem

      I don’t speak… this language

    • @user-hz8vy5fd4f
      @user-hz8vy5fd4f Před rokem +1

      Росія видумана українцем

  • @Izadirad1995
    @Izadirad1995 Před rokem +1

    No jan mayan

  • @shqiperia60
    @shqiperia60 Před rokem

    U missed alb

  • @Abestar123
    @Abestar123 Před 11 měsíci

    They seriously made a Black Nationalist country in the American South? That's fucked up...

  • @louisivdoutremer6085
    @louisivdoutremer6085 Před rokem

    And Quebec/french canada ?

  • @misterd1669
    @misterd1669 Před rokem +1

    what about Poland

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem

      sure it's there, just not one of the top on this list

  • @yosoyairton1308
    @yosoyairton1308 Před rokem +2

    New Africa seems very cool

  • @Pigraider268
    @Pigraider268 Před rokem

    No Tawantinsuyu, no Deseret, no Mahdist State. Really boring selection

  • @hunter_4219
    @hunter_4219 Před rokem

    How do you get the ottomans to be red the green doesn't match them its a ugly color

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  Před rokem +2

      use my mod on Steam ;)

    • @hunter_4219
      @hunter_4219 Před rokem

      @@AndysTake thanks could you send me the link

  • @joel0joel0
    @joel0joel0 Před rokem +15

    did he ever play a paradox title or is this his first? I mean why is he so amazed by a mechanic that is a basic in every paradox game. Its not hidden and no secret, this is a little bit dumb.

  • @varandir1145
    @varandir1145 Před rokem

    Waste of time... it was already in Victoria 2

  • @einmensch9651
    @einmensch9651 Před rokem

    Can u upload the red ottoman mod?

  • @nostradamusofgames5508
    @nostradamusofgames5508 Před rokem +2

    herp derp 1st! give meh attention! herp derp

  • @TOFKAS01
    @TOFKAS01 Před rokem

    Funny... Ukraine in its rightfull and natural borders...

    • @syro5775
      @syro5775 Před rokem

      “Rightful and natural borders” takes other native people’s lands.
      Is that the “natural” order of the slavs?

    • @TOFKAS01
      @TOFKAS01 Před rokem

      @@syro5775 Yes, of its your own land like in this example.

    • @syro5775
      @syro5775 Před rokem

      @@TOFKAS01 that land is not yours, you guys are colonisers.
      Ukrainians have no land in the caucuses

    • @TOFKAS01
      @TOFKAS01 Před rokem

      @@syro5775 Oh yes , they have. The russians don't have.

  • @DarkKing009
    @DarkKing009 Před rokem

    New Africa, yes!

  • @user-hz8vy5fd4f
    @user-hz8vy5fd4f Před rokem

    Слава Україні 🇺🇦

  • @bokonoo77
    @bokonoo77 Před rokem

    The redditor’s wet dream

  • @Ealdorman_of_Mercia
    @Ealdorman_of_Mercia Před rokem +4

    The game lacks gameplay feature to appease my bloodthirst and wish for absolute gore and violence.
    It just seems so soft and cartoonish.

    • @kyleschafer6275
      @kyleschafer6275 Před rokem +1

      I agree it dies feel cartoonish, but my main gripe is I feel the map is very small. I mean hoi4 feels so much bigger.

    • @BifronsCandle
      @BifronsCandle Před rokem +3

      The devs have said repeatedly they wanted to avoid it becoming a map-painting sim.

    • @monkeymoment6478
      @monkeymoment6478 Před rokem +1

      @@BifronsCandle
      Seems like they also want to avoid me buying it too

    • @Samuel88853
      @Samuel88853 Před rokem

      @@monkeymoment6478 dont buy it then. You sound like an entitled c@nt

  • @freddman0135
    @freddman0135 Před rokem +8

    SLAVA UCRAINI!

  • @lokibau
    @lokibau Před rokem

    i dont care about america and never play that nations, but am i understanding well? They replaced the confederacy with this new africa? zomg

  • @syro5775
    @syro5775 Před rokem

    I love to play as Circassia and restore the ancient and historical Circassian lands from russian empire and Ukrainian colonialism.