What If Frussia Unified Germany? | Alternate History
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
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You've heard of France. You've heard of Prussia. But have you ever heard of Frussia? It's a country (probably). What if the Orthodox German kingdom of Frussia had unified Germany instead of Prussia or Austria? How would this effect WW1? What would become of Europe under the leadership of an Orthodox Germany?
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Hey z! Suggestion: What if Napoleón IV survived and marries princess beatrice of the UK?
Orthodox Germany? Sounds awesome!
Why is this not an April fools video?
now talk about how the Japanese would still bomb pearl harbor due to the us trying to regulate it's expansion which would trigger an intercontinental war between the British empire(and allies like japan, ottomans etc) and the American/European/Frussian orthodox bloc after years of building tension
wait at the end you said “frussia doesn’t really exist, except in our hearts..” does that mean frussia is fake?
Ah, yes, Frussia. Amazes me how easily people forgot about it. Its unique culture to this day influences modern Germany after all.
Frussia
Prustria
Ausce
I mean hey it is possible that there could have been an orthodox migration into the HRE, you'd just need to change a lot and have an early POD.
Nice Cassette Girl pfp.
@MMFan2004 Do you even know what you just said?
Frussian Nationalism is real. Frussian blood runs through my veins. I wake up in the morning, salute my Frussian flag, do 20 burpees, kiss my picture of Woodrow Wilson (who spared my life because I beat him up in a fight even though he was the physical manifestation of death) and then I recite the national anthem of Frussia, “Oh say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, I hate Prussia, all my opps tremble at my sight.” Man I love being Frussian 🇹🇫🫡☦️
form a Russian to a Fussian brother, orthodox brothers in arms!
Me genuinely tweaking after Monsieur Z describes a central German Eastern Orthodox state whose history was destroyed by the Templars
Tripping balls rn
Where's the AC game telling us which piece of eden was what caused the templars to destroy them?
Frussia? This has got to be some late April Fools joke XD.
It's like Thebert - the way it goes
Ngl the Frussy got me acting unwise 😳
@@sephikong8323what????
@@PaperCashsirI'm frumming 😫😫😫😫
@@ChatGPT_ChatbotTest ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
This feels like an early April Fools. Why is Central Germany Orthodox? Why did you turn into Dr Seuss? I'm very confused...
North Germany is protestant, south Germany is catholic, why shouldn't central Germany be orthodox?
@@theultimatefreak666Because it obviously is Jewish, and just like how the Templars destroyed all traces of Orthodox German state, so did the 3rd Reich about the history of the Rabbinic state of Trier
@@sephikong8323 Ultimate schitzoposting
Watch till the end, it’s a discussion he had with Josh lol
@@theultimatefreak666the Khanate of Kazan was pressured by Catholic Poland-Lithuania, Orthodox Russia and Byzantium, and Muslim Turkey to pick a side, so they converted to Judaism to stay free. Some believe this is the origin of the Ashkenazim.
As a native Frusian myself appreciate this video. Its nice to see our history appreciated
my brother in christ, please link me with some sources about frussia being a real thing. i never heard of it, and google aint helping by suggesting russia and prussia
I love this type of content. Alternate history doesn’t need to be historically accurate to be good.
@@VARBY-I think even some of the more unrealistic History Stuff can be quiet enjoyable. After all our real history is sometimes just completely ridiculous. Like the Story of Prussia not losing the seven years war is completely ridiculous if you think about it. The Russian Tsarina dies at the right time, so that the new Russian Tsar retreats from the war because he is such a big fanboy of Prussia that he doesnt want to gain anything from the war, even tho East Prussia would have been a pretty nice addition to his Empire. Not only that, he also decides to help the Prussians. Like that just doesnt sound like a real thing.
@@VARBINEZEV Nah
@@VARBINEZEV I just think that art can be bothe entertaining for consumers and exist for itself. Obviously it doesnt have to be entertaining. And Alternate hostroy can also be not so serious, its already a small field because its so, well useless? I think alternate history doesnt have to be taken so seriously but i would agree that it is better if it stays in the realm of possibilities
Counterfactuals are navel-gazing clickbait
As fun as it is to think of alternate directions for history, the stark truth is that history itself had just as much chance of turning left as it did right. These speculations aren't as far-flung as some might think, which is both fascinating and terrifying at the same time 🤔
Love the grinch reference, never ceases to amaze me with the references
May you provide context which I would like to have, preferably a timestamp?
@@davidayos6702@6:25
probably one of the most far-fectched althistories you've made, z. frankish-russian germany is just... wild.
Definitely. Theodore Roosevelt was FAR closer to becoming the Grim Reaper than Frussia was of standing aside during the Austro-Prussian war.
I genuinely thought this would be a video about the Rhineland confederation forming Germany under the auspices of Napoleon or somehow without him.
The idea of the Rhineland Confederation surviving Napoleon and then forming a Germany inspired very directly by the French empire genuinely fascinates me
He should do this
Is there another name for this? I've never once heard of "Frussia" or an Orthodox German kingdom. I'm inclined to belive you made it up.
Ah, because you did. Good show, Mr. Z.
You can tell where this comment was edited.
This is the exact kind of historical fiction that blends the lines between historical fact and fiction.
_(It is easy to confuse those who may not know. Hopefully it would prompt further research, but that is not always the case.)_
Glad to see the Frussian people finally getting the recognition they deserved. A large chunk of my family came from there and helped settle the state of Illowa.
What if the three cousins fought the rest of Europe in ww1
nice idea
The good ending
I’d like to think there would be a huge colonial war between England and France. Also could the French offer English and Russian territories to Japan for an alliance?
They would crush everyone. Britain, Russia and Germany were the three strongest European powers aside from France being a bit stronger than Russia (which doesn't matter since Russia will be fighting Sweden, Austria hungary, Romania and the ottomans, not france)
@@mappingshaman5280 Russia was as incompetent as the A/H empire. The O/E would just have to guard its boarder with Russia and could send its troops into Europe or focus with France and take the Suez Canal. The kicker would be Japan siding with France to attack Russia who was a hated enemy and England who had large Asian territories that Japan believed belonged to them. France could trade Vietnam to Japan for an alliance.
Prime Minister Grinch really was an interesting figure in British history.
As a proud Frussian myself i regularly visit the Orthodox church in Darmstadt.
Prussia Frussia Russia how many are there?
I was thinking that too!
Next thing you know there'll be "Brussia", and in a Brussian society, you have to brush your teeth at least twice a day 🪥🪥
Bela Russia is the closest you'll get
@AgentPerry8018 There’s Borussia Dortmund if you’re fan of Football/Soccer just FYI
@@ThatGuyPotatoes Don't Forget about Novorossiya aka New Russia.
This was a trip, the whole video I was like 'Frussia...Frussia...no that didn't exist, did it? Did I miss something?" I thought it was a pretty funny idea. For the future, could I recommend putting a disclaimer at the start of any non-April Fools videos that say "hey this is an idea me and my friend made up, Frussia isn't real it can't hurt you"?
Ooo, I like this concept. You should do more alternate history where there is no background context, it is quite literally ALTERNATE history. Like, sure, it might be completely unrealistic from the start, but sometimes, you just wanna know what would happen if the State of Wyoming just, was the deepest *Square* lake in the world, or what would happen if there was a Celtic Kingdom in corsica.
If this is what you drop on a random December Sunday, I can't wait for the first of April
Frussia forever 🟪🟨🟪
this is the weirdest christmas special i’ve ever seen
The real title of this story( What if there was a Orthodox kingdom in the HRE that united Germany).
3 way 30 years war
This reminds me of how in my EUIV play through as Serbia I’m the Holy Roman Emperor and have forcibly converted a few states to Orthodoxy
i thought this was a typo of Prussia - this was so much better, lmao
Honestly this was a fun one, historical fiction when done well blows althistory out of the water.
Frussia? 👀
_Curse this newfangled Anti-Factual Historical Fiction!!!_
(It was actually quite confusing for a while, until I saw the map...)
_Hessen-Kassal_
I’m an American with Frussian ancestry, and I love to learn about my heritage! So glad to get a video about this. 😄
Britain hated peace no one quite knows the reason.
Best early Christmas video ever.
I think the most likely reason of all may be their hearts were two sizes too small.
Mr Z spitting bars about Britain put a smile on my face
Hey, no disrespect: Please announce when you'll have a guest star? Doesn't have to be in the written title, but you could do your audience the courtesy of letting us know we won't be listening to you at some point.
Thanks, man, you do great work and I love your stuff.
We need more of Frussia
US and UKs worst nightmare basically , A Germany not only politically but culturally alligned to Russia
I had never heard of Frussia before, and having an Orthodox German means having a German Tsar. Now, that would be interesting. Like the reference you made on Dr. Seuss and the fun alternate history fanfiction you made, Monsieur Z. Please keep up the great work and keep making my day better!
Here are some interesting ideas for future Alternate History videos: What if the death and exile of Catherine of Aragon sparked higher tensions between the Kingdom of England under the Royal House of Tudors and the Holy Roman Empire under the Hapsburg Dynasty? Some historians speculate rumors that Henry VIII poisoned Catherine, but doctors did an autopsy on her, discovering she had some sort of stomach cancer. Catherine of Aragon is the aunt of Charles V for she was the sister of Joanna the Mad Castile for she was Charles V's mother and wife of Philip I of Castile, father of Charles V and son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Catherine is also a relative of the Hapsburg Dynasty through her sister's marriage to Philip the Handsome. She was popular with people, including the English nobility and peasants, for she served as an ambassador and was intelligent and educated. What if the rumors were true, and what if Henry VIII did, in fact, poison Catherine? If the rumors were true, how would the people react to this? What about Mary Tudor? Would Mary plot her revenge against her father? Would she seek help from the English nobility or start an English Civil War to depose her father? What of the Hapsburgs, including Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of the HRE? How would they react to the news that Henry VIII was responsible for Catherine's death? Would the Hapsburgs form an alliance with Mary or straight up invade England? Who do you think would come on top? Which countries take sides, and the victor wins this Anglo-HRE War? What would be the consequences of it? How would history change?
What if Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp ( the mother of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia) had returned from her exile from Paris in 1760? In some historical context, Joanna was a lousy mother to Catherine. She favored her younger brother, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, the last ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. Joanna had returned to exile instead, dying at the age of 47 in Paris, France. What if Joanna Elisabeth made herself regent for her grandson, Paul, the future Tsar ( Emperor) of Russia? Catherine's relationship is somewhat bitter, for she dislikes him and favors her other son, Bobrinsky, over a loving relationship ( Catherine is someone else in her eyes). Prince Grigory Grigoryevich was a favorite companion of Catherine, a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire ( 1172), a state and military figure, a collector, a patron of arts, and a General-in-Chief. But with Joanna as regent, would Joanna be the mother figure Paul needed from his actual mother, and would he have a bonding relationship with his maternal grandmother? Could this lead Joanna to manipulate Paul and resent his mother? And is it possible for Joanna and Paul to stage a coup and depose Catherine of what she and her lover, Prince Grigory Grigoryevich, did to his father, Tsar Peter III? Would Joanna be the one ruler behind the imperial throne, or would she be the ruler she wanted to be? Is Joanna possibly betraying Paul and making herself the new Empress of Russia? What would history be like with Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp being the regent of the future Tsar of Russia, and what would the Russian Empire be like under her control?
Which ideas do you like best, Monsieur Z? Which do you like and why, and which would make a great alternate history video?
What if Austria Hungary was made of chocolate
Frussia sounds like when you make a Custom Nation in Eu4 🤣🤣🤣
I literally just had a dream about this concept 2 days ago. Synchronicity is wild ...
What in the Warp!
ah yes, the totally super real state of Frussia. i swear.
Russia, Prussia, and now Frussia. What's next? Brussia?
Rip to people who though Frussia was real XDDD
I thought he got that from a joke map
Me 😂
Someone should make a Hoi4 mod out of this.
What if Frussia was made of chocolate
Frussia😂😂😂😂(daniel here)
So it was fake ?
@@Mr.MacArthurYeah
Thats one funky christmas Special
Ironically, as a kid, I had a fictional nation that I put in a lot of historical scenarios called the Phens. I put them in Morocco and they were a Christian ally of the Romans that fought the Arabs. I even had a restored Roman Empire formed by France in Middle Ages that conquered most of Western Europe, retook Byzantine lands to 550 AD borders, and was supported by the Phens. The Empire was split in 3 pieces (Byzantine or East, Phennish Rome based in North Africa and the Islands, and Germanic Rome based on Western Europe). You could do a video about that. That Roman Empire later fought the Vikings, Mongols, and Turks for survival and started to break up as well.
Phens
Similar idea, What if British Hanover unified Germany? After all they where for a long time in a personal union with each over and Victoria wanted to be a Empress so maybe in an alt history where Hanover modernised its succession to allow Victoria to gain the throne GB would meddle with the German confederation and create a United Kingdoms of Germany and Queen Victoria would be crowned as Kaiserin establishing a constitutional monarchy in Germany and Victoria now being the head of state of the two most powerful countries in the world, would the German people except being a British puppet in everything but name, would the major powers allow Victoria to dominate both land and sea?
to be honest, I thought he might have spelled "frisian" wrong but once I saw the title alternate history, I changed what I said
An actual Out of season April fools joke
I love the little grinch quote
Grinch referenced top notch! And keep on content like this man! Amazing🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Didnt know april came in december
Frussia may not exist yet, but in the immortal words of Joshua Graham (even though he is a mormon) “we can’t expect God to do all the work”.
Its fixed! Very good video z! Suggestion: What if Margaret of norway survives and marries edward ii uniting england and scotland?
Z, I'm going to have to ask for my shrooms back...
I like how Frussia is Orthodox. I never knew Byzantium had such reach into Western Europe.
Its a shame the alliance with Fortugal didnt last until The Age of Fiscovery.
I thought the medicine finally kicked in lol
People forget about Frussia, and I love to see it, but why didn't you mention Candlevick? It was the 5th largest German state under mormonism before it was cool. They for a breif time owned all of Germany in the 1848 revolutions however collapsed after anti-revolution revolts swept the country. it was then reduced to atoms. Would be interesting to see what they would do as they were basically the exact opposite of Frussia.
We had April fools, we now have December fools
I knew it. But it’s a great concept to imagine.
Semi ironically do a video about what if orthodoxy used thee chaos of the reformation to convert central europe because its Kind of weird how they didnt try
Honestly, Frussia would seem like an interesting country today and within history
This is a coll video. I never knew about Frussia untill this video, but the more you know, and knowing is half the battle.
Neat story but with no historical backing. Wouldʻve been cooler if you made a video on what if France and Prussia united into a Franco-Germany during the Franco-Prussian war or possibly the Napoleonic wars.
no.
Love your content z! Keep going! (Can't Comment on my main account atm)
Please do a video on what if titkourau didn't lose his suport in the new Zealand land wars (happy to help) if you do this can you please learn pronounceations
YAY, HE SAW IT, if he sees this just so he knows I am happy to help if he needs it but he should be fine with his expertise
Well, in my latest CK2 game playing some minor byzantine duchy (later promoting to king of Anatolia), I somehow inherited some central-german counties which became orthodox with french culture some years later... so almost Frussia 😂
Do Brussia next!
Crussia.
Brussia is a brythonic kingdom in Germany that speaks what would be proto welsh
What about Arussia the Muslim part of Germany
@@gigaprime5799Grussia
Prussia but aggressiveness max
Crushing power: max
Me: let’s watch one more history video before bed!
The history video in question:
I believed it until I saw that their color was purple. No way a tiny German state could afford the most expensive dye in history lol
i love that memory of fallen kingdom will never die thanks to this video
cool vid
Everybody seems to have forgotten Frussia
I kind of want to do this in ck3 now
Yay josh is here
This video fucking ROCKS
Time Traveller: **Moves Chair**
The Timeline:
I don’t want to be too polemic or controversial, and this might be way too spicy for UA-cam in general, but I think you should do an entire video in Seussian rhyme.
What if Prussia took all of Denmark (except Faroe Islands go to UK, Greenland and Iceland to Canada via UK) and became Denmark-Germany just like Austria-Hungry? 😊
almost became a frussian nationalist and you had to crush all my dreams at the end.
Make more videos about Frussia. I like it.
Found my new CK3 campaign
That part of Germany is called Hessen in German 🇩🇪
You should've saved this episode for April Fool's Day!
What an unorthodox scenario. Or un-unorthodox. It was hard to tell when you were talking about Russia, Prussia, and Frussia in quick succession. That was very Fruss-trating to listen to.
Fun story. I am aware of Franconia, today Northern Bavaria existing, so you had me untill you mentioned orthodox russian colonists :)
Division of Austria, fine. But that Bosnia came out of nowhere.
Sooo lemme guess
You posted this on April fools it got taken down for some reason, probably a weird reason, and now you're finally re-uploading it
I feel teased.
Monsieur z thinks ever day is April fools day
My guy I am sick and thinking I am getting delirious the moment I hear about Frussia
this is why i love frussia
6:35 facts
Honey! A new Germany just dropped!
When we see a video with your buddy josh ?
This seems like a wildly interesting scenario. Not to be rude, but could you link to any sources about "Frussia"? 😅 A simple google search wasn't enough 😂.
R/woooosh
Sadly, most of their history has been erased by the n4zis, who didn't liked the idea of a slavic state in the heart of Germany
Russia, Prussia, and Frussia. Hmm... Oh, and there's also Belorussia (Belarus).
This is like a strange fever dream.
Ah yes my favorite German state : Frussia
Okay, so hear me out: England remains Orthodox
So interesting that so many unknown nations had so much potential, but there are betters ones like Brasil do Brasil video show when Brasil number one Brasil mentioned Brasil campeão do mundo Brasil pentacampeão mundial Brasil