Looking at the game files, the world is partitioned into culture zones. Depending on the culture zone, the generic portraits for characters are chosen. If I remember correctly, Volga Germany is just one or two provinces away to the left from the border to the European zone. That's why most characters there have an Asian portrait.
@@rogofosit was actually majority German until I believe mid ww2 and post ww2 until the Germans were deported to places like Siberia and Kazakhstan, much like the don Ukrainians were.
The Volga Germans are a truly tragic story, they were virtually eradicated as a people by the paranoia and chauvinism of the Soviets - and because the Soviets won the war the annihilation of the Volga Germans (who had nothing to do with Nazism!) was forgotten.
@@rogerr.8507 Nah. They ALL were deported to Kazakhstan. 7% of people that lived in KazakhSSR were Germans (after the war) Source: My history book for the 8th grade
The Germans there wouldve caused problems by either giving Nazi Germany a justification for the invasion of the area or would have had a pro Nazi movement in it as the Sudetenland and other Germans who didnt live in Germany did
for some reason germany will always be a kingdom if they arent the third reich, so democracy is a kingdom aswell, or atleast per name. so you being confused about Baden Würthemberg being a kingdom with elections is understandable
Yo hollow. You're clearly a skilled player. So much so that I bet you could do a game of formable nations without any of that fancy DLC. It's not like it will cause any additional pain and suffering or anything...
The Goblin mask on your desk: "The itsy bitsy Kuban climbed up the water spout. Down came the Goblin, and took the Kuban out!" Also Maykop Civilization shoutout let's gooooooo 🐂
btw the reason everything was being guaranteed was because of the world tension when world tension goes high enough democracies will start to guarantee anyone you justify against
bro im part volga german (technichally lived in zaporizhia but volga german covers any germans who live in russia) and i dont know if i should be offended by how much you made fun of us or happy that you at least know we exist and played a game as us
ngl if you waited just long enough to hold brandenburg from peace conference instead of being at war you couldve changed it to berlin but you had no chance
There's a mod for getting rid of strikes/mutinies. In my opinion you're already suffering maluses for being low stability, the addition shitty events are unneeded.
The origins of the Volga Germans trace back to Catherine the Great, who was born as Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst in a small German principality. After becoming Empress of Russia, Catherine issued a series of manifestos encouraging Europeans, especially Germans, to settle in her vast empire. The first settlers arrived in the 1760s and established over 100 villages along the Volga River near Saratov. They were a diverse group, reflecting the fragmented nature of Germany at the time. They were later eradicated nearly two hundred years later by the Soviets as a means to stop the spread of nazism. The unfortunate reality is that the Volga Germans had nothing to do with the German regime and many were in fact willing to defend the Motherland. But as Soviets are, ruthless, cruel and heartless, they scattered the inhabitants of the area all over Siberia, Kazakhstan and even the very far east...
By the way, today there are practically no Germans left on the territory of the "German Volga". The fact is that Stalin exiled them to Kazakhstan and Siberia when the war with Germany began, because he was afraid that there might be many collaborators among the Germans. Ethnic Germans, who were lucky enough to stay in the Volga, now do not even know German language
technically speaking, czechoslovakia would be one of the most powerful nations on earth in fully fragmented ive even seen a video where they ALMOST won a fully fragmented ai war but they got beaten by the british and japanese
Either way, why would the english translation of the game wont be actually english? Any reasonable person would expect german localisation to include German language, why put that in English? No one flies to Japan expecting to visit Madrid. Not just different language, but a whole specific dialect. Why won't they make Chinese provinces only in Mandarin? Paradox will waste time to do any stupid shit except actually improving their game
how do you even do this shit ive remade the french empire with napoleon and im currently swatting british landing vessels from my coasts while also unable to navally compete so para drops it is
> Volga Germans
> Look inside
> Generic Asian portraits
How South-East Asian Neo-Nazis view themselves fr
yeah and like 80% Russian population
very hoi4 of them
God bless
Looking at the game files, the world is partitioned into culture zones. Depending on the culture zone, the generic portraits for characters are chosen. If I remember correctly, Volga Germany is just one or two provinces away to the left from the border to the European zone. That's why most characters there have an Asian portrait.
@@rogofosit was actually majority German until I believe mid ww2 and post ww2 until the Germans were deported to places like Siberia and Kazakhstan, much like the don Ukrainians were.
I was hoping for a Free City of Danzig but this makes it even funnier somehow
That is a job for anyone but me
@@_HollowBeing_ Also Luxembourg can form Germany and benelux
that ain't danzig it's gdańsk
@@lubie_maslo_it was originally called Danzig during WW2
@ProjectGame969 No. Wolne Miasto Gdańsk.
I think you should form a happy family instead of Germany
Can’t find that on the formables list sorry
@@matthewkozlowski1811 is that a new dlc or something i dont see it on the steam page
@@matthewkozlowski1811 where is that on the decisions tab.
@@matthewkozlowski1811Tinder is horrible
@@buffsqueak2427 haste was gegen deutschland? >:(
You know when it says attempt 1 that you are in for a treat
Volga Germany mentioned Woorayyy.
You're from there?
@@Varenijein People from there where gulaged a long time ago
@@Varenijein nope just find it neat as that place as an interesting history.
Czechoslovak relations w Kazakhstan hell yeee
Fake country mentioned
Finally, I wanted to see it for so long, before gotterdammerung even, I asked other youtuber to conquer Germany as Volga Germany
I can only advise you to play the Austrian path where you can core all of Germany. Was really fun waiting for my 2000 pp!
riveting cool peak austrian gameplay
@@majoraschris hehe 2000 pp
You were my top gaming channel this year according to youtube wrapped
Mental patient
Same
I made a screenshot of the first preview, you won't take my Bismarck Putin
If it’s the better thumbnail it will stay 🫡
The Volga Germans are a truly tragic story, they were virtually eradicated as a people by the paranoia and chauvinism of the Soviets - and because the Soviets won the war the annihilation of the Volga Germans (who had nothing to do with Nazism!) was forgotten.
I thought they were used as spies against Germany, and then later shipped off to the east. Presumably siberia
@@rogerr.8507 Nothing good ever came from getting "shipped off to the east" by Stalin...
Yeah unfortunately it kind of was the same deal in every country.. Japanese in America, Russians or well, uh, anyone in Germany
@@rogerr.8507 Nah. They ALL were deported to Kazakhstan. 7% of people that lived in KazakhSSR were Germans (after the war)
Source: My history book for the 8th grade
The Germans there wouldve caused problems by either giving Nazi Germany a justification for the invasion of the area or would have had a pro Nazi movement in it as the Sudetenland and other Germans who didnt live in Germany did
The Great God of Light demands you do a world conquest as the Realm of the Great God of Light
(Fascist Mari El)
You got me into hoi4 and forming hard nations
He got me to quit hoi4 🥰
@@buffsqueak2427traitor
for some reason germany will always be a kingdom if they arent the third reich, so democracy is a kingdom aswell, or atleast per name. so you being confused about Baden Würthemberg being a kingdom with elections is understandable
What's wrong with Kingdom with elections? Literally constitutional monarchy
True, a kingdom with elections is normal. What is weird is the fact that it’s the kingdom of Germany instead of the empire or the republic.
@@rakal43
Or Electoral monarchy which is a very different beast
Hollow will you be my pookoe 🥺👉👈?
I will
yes he will
i support this man
I support your mariage
@Random-wo2sw I support our not gay gay marriage
Your videos actually make my day fr. W Hollow
I love Hollowbeing (Continue suffering) and fragmented world is very funny, that was a good idea.
We must get you 50,000 pain enjoyers
was literally thinking earlier this morning it was about time for a hollow being vid
Will you Marry me Hollow ? (Please)
(And then oil up)
I tried this for awhile and never got close. I didnt even think it was possible. Congrats
I did it with Germany whole so that’s probably it
This is the most attention Volga Germany had in history.
Yo hollow. You're clearly a skilled player. So much so that I bet you could do a game of formable nations without any of that fancy DLC. It's not like it will cause any additional pain and suffering or anything...
There is an other incredibly hard way to reunite Germany. You just need to start as Lithuania and then you release Prussia in Memel
31:03 Actually, that's Sweden.
Seeing this guy evolve from failing even the easiest challenges to singlehandedly conquering most of the world brings a tear to my eyes.
should've united it with Luxembourg
Theres My FAVOURITE UA-camR UPLOADING BABYY
38:33 french meme detected
"These stars are giving me eye disease"
MY GRAPHICS ARE GIVING ME EYEDISEASE.
- everything is broken down
- Czechoslovakia is still kicking
who's laughing now, Europe?
yeah this video was amazing, and i feel like it wrapped up well, the last couple cores weren't a big deal
"It`s not about them exploading, it`s about sending a message" - you have just accidently quoted the latest Lavrov interview.
I’m Volga German, feels cool to see content regarding my widely forgotten people
Wait a minute I remember watching something similar, but probably done by ISP and it might have been the Kaiser Reich mod.
Hollow: "France was split in three"
Corsica: "Am I a joke to you?"
"Yes"
Nothin like eatin a pizza on saturday like watching hollow for the 124051 time
I was missing you a lot 😔 Now I feel fulFILLED
The entire world stood up to stop little old volga germany
2:00 Dr Seuss moment
POV no recon company : 18:05
Volga germany world conquest when
I am NOT touching this again
As a german i have a lot of fun seeing you trying to pronounce german cities and states
i love how they separated Baden and Württemberg as states but not as countries, fucking A paradox
The Goblin mask on your desk: "The itsy bitsy Kuban climbed up the water spout. Down came the Goblin, and took the Kuban out!"
Also Maykop Civilization shoutout let's gooooooo 🐂
One tip, if you would want to do Congo, go the mittelafrika monarchist path, it's actually so op and you can still form Latin africa
Oh btw if you do it in road to 56 it’s like 10x more fragmented and you can add the American civil war back
Imagine: being at war for 10 years for unification of your motherland to finally
create DDR XD
The thumbnail. 💀
beeing a paratrooper in your army is a gate worse than death !
btw the reason everything was being guaranteed was because of the world tension when world tension goes high enough democracies will start to guarantee anyone you justify against
Very fitting that you went Communist as Volga Germany (which starts in ENGELS MARXSTAD)
bro im part volga german (technichally lived in zaporizhia but volga german covers any germans who live in russia) and i dont know if i should be offended by how much you made fun of us or happy that you at least know we exist and played a game as us
30:42 as a faroese i took that personally.
Imagine if Vanilla Hoi4 had the same love Kasierredux did 😔😔
7:05 song? I recognize it but can’t remember what it is.
ngl if you waited just long enough to hold brandenburg from peace conference instead of being at war you couldve changed it to berlin but you had no chance
He did it. He did the impossible... He had more pain in Hoi 4 than ISP
There's a mod for getting rid of strikes/mutinies. In my opinion you're already suffering maluses for being low stability, the addition shitty events are unneeded.
13:25 1. Minga is bavarian for munich
2. My cats name is Minga.
RIP old thumbnail
Minga is indeed the Austro-Bavarian name for Munich
Austria the true goat of this run
You deserve my subscription
The fact that Th is is available is wild
My weekly dose of HOI4 insanity
hollowbeing after a country allows for a country to continue thriving after a war like normal instead of totally annexing it
23:44
I'm inside your walls.
Minga means München in bavarian, thats right brother. Greetings from "bayrischer woid" bavarian forest
"Как будто пустыня" нууу... как бэ.... почти так и есть)
Since when is Czechoslovakia the defender of the free world?
the volga german-danish hyperwar
Waiting for forming Siberia as Tannu Tuva
The origins of the Volga Germans trace back to Catherine the Great, who was born as Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst in a small German principality. After becoming Empress of Russia, Catherine issued a series of manifestos encouraging Europeans, especially Germans, to settle in her vast empire.
The first settlers arrived in the 1760s and established over 100 villages along the Volga River near Saratov. They were a diverse group, reflecting the fragmented nature of Germany at the time.
They were later eradicated nearly two hundred years later by the Soviets as a means to stop the spread of nazism. The unfortunate reality is that the Volga Germans had nothing to do with the German regime and many were in fact willing to defend the Motherland. But as Soviets are, ruthless, cruel and heartless, they scattered the inhabitants of the area all over Siberia, Kazakhstan and even the very far east...
I love the way this guy says Fraudenauer
Wait how do u do the fragmented thingy? Is it a mod?
game options
Ok as a ancestor of Volga Germans who came to the USA in 1889, bro..
30 minutes in he still hasn't taken silesia. :(
Yes, Minga is indeed Munich in Bavarian. But over here, we all just call it "München" (Which is German)
Is this a mod or no? How do I break up the world like this?
By the way, today there are practically no Germans left on the territory of the "German Volga". The fact is that Stalin exiled them to Kazakhstan and Siberia when the war with Germany began, because he was afraid that there might be many collaborators among the Germans. Ethnic Germans, who were lucky enough to stay in the Volga, now do not even know German language
technically speaking, czechoslovakia would be one of the most powerful nations on earth in fully fragmented
ive even seen a video where they ALMOST won a fully fragmented ai war but they got beaten by the british and japanese
so the first war wouldve been crazy
Thank you hollowcost
This is why it's great to turn off guarantees that aren't focus based.
13:24 yes bavarian is a Language and yes in bavarian "münchen (Munich)" is called "Minga" and your pronunciation was even correct
I expected Luxembourg to unify germany considering it can do so.
Holy shit I know that shape 💀
The fact that I know this shape is the fact that I have no life.
Why is the video so weirdly saturated? Did you touch the gamma slider?
I was looking for someone to do it ^^
Гениально. Моё уважение ❤🎉
why is nobody saying that an asian guy was leading volga germany
37:45 i live in West Virginia and i've heard the inbred jokes but come on now the haburgs owning the place is insane
13:24 Bavarian dialect 😂 we still wonder why they are part of germany
hey what did we do. if you wanna hate someone hate on the saarland
@@SdKfz-gq8bh breißn gsindl hoid
In Pfarrkirchen, we still call Munich Minga. And Bavarian is a language. I simply preach Bavarian supremacy 🫡
Either way, why would the english translation of the game wont be actually english? Any reasonable person would expect german localisation to include German language, why put that in English? No one flies to Japan expecting to visit Madrid. Not just different language, but a whole specific dialect. Why won't they make Chinese provinces only in Mandarin? Paradox will waste time to do any stupid shit except actually improving their game
@@X8290-f7n Go outside man
United baltic duchy (latvia and estonia) can also form germany
hollow you were my 0,2% viewed youtuber in 2024, how do you feel about that?
1:55 that's cause you forgot the Americas Deimperialized rule
Fun fact you can also form Germany as Luxembourg
Austria Hungary ai really do be a pain in the ass wtf is that France
how do you even do this shit ive remade the french empire with napoleon and im currently swatting british landing vessels from my coasts while also unable to navally compete so para drops it is
DENMARK MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO RAAAAGGHHHHH
You can form Germany as the United Baltic Duchy as-well.
3:05 hawk coin tuah the moon