How Have I NEVER Played This Nation?!

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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
  • Sometimes I just want to have a bit of fun. Today I'm playing as a nation I have NEVER made a video on HOI4. Lativa is such a fun minor nation to play as in Hearts of Iron 4. Let's see what we can do!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 204

  • @AlextheRambler
    @AlextheRambler  2 роки тому +183

    *THE CULT OF THE CHONK WILL GROW!*

  • @HandOfWar
    @HandOfWar 2 роки тому +160

    A very underrated nation in my books!

  • @henryab2700
    @henryab2700 2 роки тому +91

    Honestly for a native English speaker your pronunciation of "Pērkonkrusts" is pretty good

  • @12gark
    @12gark 2 роки тому +98

    Pagan Latvia is pretty fun, especially if you actually try to kill the Soviet before Germany comes there to help you. I couldn't capitulate them fast enough without exploits, but I had already won the war when they joined at least once. Then I went for "Finnish Him", hated my life for even trying, did it exploiting the shit of the game, and never played in that area since then.

  • @skr44z
    @skr44z 2 роки тому +374

    After all, Matt always gets some "hi"s, but Alex never gets some. Let's change that ! Hi Alex !

  • @based-cosmo
    @based-cosmo 2 роки тому +37

    Been watching for around a year and a half now. You got me into HOI4 and its now my favorite game! That you for creating this great content!

  • @childofslaanesh1251
    @childofslaanesh1251 2 роки тому +19

    "They put the Romanians on my flank... They left!" -Axis high command circa 1945

  • @personfromgermany
    @personfromgermany 2 роки тому +30

    Did you know that Latvia had a colony in the America's for short time?

    • @theunicorn8043
      @theunicorn8043 2 роки тому +10

      Not Latvia per se, but the duchy of Courland

  • @compatriot852
    @compatriot852 2 роки тому +27

    2:57 That moment when hoi4 has more pagan content for the Baltics than Eu4

  • @Todeeemi
    @Todeeemi 2 роки тому +14

    do an A to Z series so you will have even more fun playing nations you never played before!

  • @jaceritchie7948
    @jaceritchie7948 2 роки тому +20

    Latvians were practitioners of Finnish and Baltic mythology, not Norse mythology. They didnt believe in Norse gods. I believe the party/group for Fascists in the game is for the followers of the Thunder god, primarily.

    • @tiptop3922
      @tiptop3922 4 місяці тому

      not Finnish, but Finno-Hungarian.

  • @TotallyNotASIO
    @TotallyNotASIO Рік тому +2

    That religion that the Latvian path shows is one in ck3 but I forgot the name

  • @baconfilip1041
    @baconfilip1041 2 роки тому +14

    Glory to King Chonk and the Chonker Reich

  • @RomanLavandos
    @RomanLavandos 2 роки тому +12

    I'm not 100% sure, but if you chose creating "Ostland", you could also get cores on Belarus

    • @bighillraft
      @bighillraft 2 роки тому +4

      some real hoi4 logic for sure

  • @pixelheart6105
    @pixelheart6105 2 роки тому +1

    I played a game of Estonia, and the strategy is to puppet the Baltic nations, so your core territory doesn't expand, meaning you can stay alive with just the tiles on the top of Estonia's boarder, plus, you can just steal the troops your puppets build, and then just build as many forts and costal forts as possible on the top of your territory, so you can rack up a 20:1 kill ratio for the whole game until the Germans outnumber the soviets because they will have wasted so much of their equipment that they wouldn't be able to build up their troop count to match Germany's Troop count by Barbarossa.

    • @pixelheart6105
      @pixelheart6105 2 роки тому

      I managed to get a kill count of 700+K troops, while only loosing 40 something K before Barbarossa happened.

    • @honeybadger6275
      @honeybadger6275 2 роки тому

      Either way I still think alex made a mistake of not allying with germany.

  • @lego3952
    @lego3952 2 роки тому +11

    Im a simple latvian, whenever i see something releated with baltics, i click.

  • @Dockboy-ie4yu
    @Dockboy-ie4yu 2 роки тому +15

    This means there will be a Tibet game
    This would be funny to see

  • @AbitantedelVault
    @AbitantedelVault 2 роки тому

    13:07 when the trees start speaking Latvian

  • @erglis1145
    @erglis1145 6 місяців тому

    As Latvian, I dam you for not playing as this faction in first place. Very very bad boy. Fun fact, my grand-grandfather was crewmember in one of these submarines , he finished French sub-school in 1927

  • @RicardaoAzeite
    @RicardaoAzeite 2 роки тому +6

    MY MAN, greetings from Portugal :)

    • @gingerbread101
      @gingerbread101 2 роки тому

      oi! thats abt all the portugese ik lol

  • @Chad_Maximus
    @Chad_Maximus 2 роки тому +40

    You should do Z to A, totally original idea

    • @cantripleplays
      @cantripleplays 2 роки тому

      A then z then b then y and so on so forth

  • @bodhisfattva7462
    @bodhisfattva7462 2 роки тому +2

    the only merch needed is actual chonkers

  • @darktechn08
    @darktechn08 Рік тому +2

    Pērkonkrusts= Thunder cross.

  • @behroozkhaleghirad
    @behroozkhaleghirad 2 роки тому +2

    Wait a minute where have I seen this war IRL in modern times before...

  • @emadhassan1193
    @emadhassan1193 2 роки тому +5

    waiting for A-Z Monarchy only!!

  • @saeediqbal3382
    @saeediqbal3382 2 роки тому +2

    Alex you should have tried to form an agency and collaboration governments in soviet union if you had the civ factories that would have made them capitulate faster.Enjoyed this vid a lot though much love.

  • @adamhubbert8896
    @adamhubbert8896 2 роки тому

    "I its November and i can see Moscow. Press forward men!"
    - Napoleon and Hitler aaaaaaaaand Alex

  • @mrr9636
    @mrr9636 2 роки тому +2

    Alex, I agree re:tommyK
    Dude doesn’t think, all he does is shout

  • @mundzine
    @mundzine Рік тому

    Funny how youtube recommends me this video after all the news about the homemade titanic sub

  • @lud3re384
    @lud3re384 2 роки тому +3

    You played as the Baltic Unitary State two months ago 😂

  • @multiplenames4877
    @multiplenames4877 2 роки тому +1

    19:31 idk why but for some reason it’s like the ai has become genuinely brain dead in the past update, like there is no logical reason whatsoever for the ai to be stacking like that when if the game had a regular frontline order they would be spread out just fine. It’s like the devs just made it so the soviets death stack in 1941-42, then as soon as it hits 43 the German ai is programmed to just select all divisions and right click onto a tile and leave them all sitting there

  • @jonarnepetersendentredje6254
    @jonarnepetersendentredje6254 2 роки тому +2

    i from latvia. latvia very good country. we have people dancing and singing and driving cars and sports. economy is ok, maybe we need money. a many money. maybe too many money. but is ok

  • @icel8828
    @icel8828 2 роки тому +6

    0:37
    Alex says the American English word for the last letter of the Latin alphabet. He’s becoming more American every day

    • @masonharvath-gerrans832
      @masonharvath-gerrans832 2 роки тому +3

      He’s in Canada, so he’s becoming more Canadian each video. God save us when he starts talking with American English rather than English English or Canadian English

    • @icel8828
      @icel8828 2 роки тому +1

      @@masonharvath-gerrans832 america is 2 continents, one of which canada is in. so while my original intentions arent 100% true, im still not wrong

  • @ravenouself4181
    @ravenouself4181 2 роки тому

    Hearing Alex say "Ya man" instead of "Ya boi" feels weird and unnatural.

  • @Pydgin
    @Pydgin 2 роки тому +8

    A to Zed, eh? When Bhutan ?

    • @RNKel1
      @RNKel1 2 роки тому +1

      If you just spelled out Z and said it as zed, that means you can’t spell zed without zed without zed and on…

    • @iamaveryepicman771
      @iamaveryepicman771 2 роки тому

      @@RNKel1 zeded

  • @dambo8416
    @dambo8416 2 роки тому

    “A United Baltic Empirrrreeeeee!” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 2 роки тому

    Hmm yes lore of Baltic Empire resurgence momentum 100

  • @gifigi600
    @gifigi600 2 роки тому +1

    Alex the Rambles Latvian Boogaloo

  • @ragingpsychiatrist5375
    @ragingpsychiatrist5375 2 роки тому

    Trying to throw shade at Tommy like you could compete against him lol

  • @xorasterrestrialman1868
    @xorasterrestrialman1868 2 роки тому

    "Let's wait until we get some PP."
    - Alex the rambler.

  • @grandmagertrude6358
    @grandmagertrude6358 2 роки тому

    I once played as communist Latvia and made the Baltic-Belorrussian ssr, when the Germans invaded the Soviets got pushed back to the urals but didn't surrender and i survived on scraping the barrel with more than 1 million men in the field💀

  • @NotAHamster
    @NotAHamster 2 роки тому

    Hoi4 All Nations but you use a wheel to randomly pick what country to make a video on that week

  • @robertmowrey2009
    @robertmowrey2009 2 роки тому

    The Long Khanate of Khiva

  • @The_Deztro
    @The_Deztro 2 роки тому +1

    I'm pretty sure you did a disaster save with Latvia.

  • @haenselundgretel654
    @haenselundgretel654 2 роки тому

    How he - AGAIN - does his Leeeroooy Jenkins

  • @bellathegermanshepard2351
    @bellathegermanshepard2351 2 роки тому

    I remember playing as latvian going for united Baltic asembal and my strategy was to hold against the soviets until the Germans were ready to join

  • @ZenikkDBL
    @ZenikkDBL 2 роки тому +1

    First time commenting on one of your videos weirdly enough, video seems very nice (this is from the beginning of the video)

  • @ClosureMW2
    @ClosureMW2 2 роки тому

    "we are bussin" lmfao

  • @CrixxionGamingOfficial
    @CrixxionGamingOfficial 2 роки тому

    Odd, I saw this video pop up on my phone, went to my subscriptions and it wasnt there, then went to your youtube channel and it still wasnt there. It wasnt until I went into videos that it finally popped up? 🤔

  • @mukundhashok8486
    @mukundhashok8486 2 роки тому

    The Hi Mat cult will continue for years!

  • @robertoficco9291
    @robertoficco9291 2 роки тому +4

    17:46 So does this count as a disaster save?

  • @happybunny1986
    @happybunny1986 2 роки тому +1

    Just ordered a pin, love the chonk! Shipping on the other, less love for that 🤣

  • @egg-ts4fo
    @egg-ts4fo 2 роки тому

    He said zed and zee he has transcended reality

  • @lionslug
    @lionslug 2 роки тому

    Pins look great

  • @neonflxrine6264
    @neonflxrine6264 2 роки тому

    alex looks like the scouts va from tf2

  • @Onion__Duck
    @Onion__Duck 2 роки тому +3

    Ordered my pin =)

  • @andrewmurray409
    @andrewmurray409 2 роки тому +2

    Gobble gobble

  • @tiptop3922
    @tiptop3922 4 місяці тому

    I played for Latvia several times, 2 times I took entire planet. Play for Ostland Latvia tree.

  • @EgertVahtras
    @EgertVahtras Рік тому +1

    half of my hoi4 time is estonia and poland 🔥

  • @Latvia3026
    @Latvia3026 2 роки тому +4

    Yes Latvia am Latvian and am bin waiting 2 years for this gem play yes thx you Alex am really happy thx you Alex

  • @patimationstudios
    @patimationstudios 2 роки тому +1

    You’ve never done siam

  • @Crunchifyable2
    @Crunchifyable2 2 роки тому

    What about Austria hungary? Every time I go to fight the Czechs I lose all the Germans eat the Sudatenland halfway thru the war.

  • @ihavenoidea25
    @ihavenoidea25 2 роки тому

    hi from Latvia!

  • @thelatvianrobloxian5800
    @thelatvianrobloxian5800 2 роки тому

    im a simple latvian i see latvia i like

  • @grandadmiral1874
    @grandadmiral1874 2 роки тому

    17:53 German solider in battle of Moscow

  • @Smooth.Operator.
    @Smooth.Operator. 2 роки тому

    You should play as Norway

  • @Trevitive
    @Trevitive 2 роки тому +2

    Hi Alex!

  • @thelogicalcaveman9139
    @thelogicalcaveman9139 2 роки тому

    Shots fired

  • @rgxo7974
    @rgxo7974 2 роки тому

    Damn my country getting recognized

  • @CZiNTrPT
    @CZiNTrPT 2 роки тому

    I really liked that

  • @voyager9959
    @voyager9959 2 роки тому

    Hi Alex! 👋🏻

  • @Marklennon
    @Marklennon 2 роки тому

    Hi Alex! Hi Matt! it’s High Mark

  • @junemane05
    @junemane05 2 роки тому

    Aggressive Manuever >> 18:19

  • @ceales3
    @ceales3 2 роки тому

    Excellent

  • @thejerob7585
    @thejerob7585 Рік тому +1

    did bro really just attack lithuania

  • @randompog
    @randompog 2 роки тому +1

    you should sell the chonk cups

  • @Hussain_144
    @Hussain_144 2 роки тому +2

    I guarantee you he never played Oman he probably played butan more then Oman

  • @c.s432
    @c.s432 2 роки тому

    THE CULT

  • @isterlings
    @isterlings 2 роки тому

    Hi Alex!!

  • @wizardgherkin
    @wizardgherkin 2 роки тому +1

    Real hearts. Real iron.

  • @JohnPGarrett
    @JohnPGarrett 2 роки тому

    "Praise Odin" -Obviously, Latvian Pagans
    That's Norse Paganism, Latvian Paganism was more around the Dievturība, a native form of paganism not Scandinavian Paganism. It was a neo-paganist movement based around the ancient pagans that were stamped out by the Catholics.

  • @AandAFan4356
    @AandAFan4356 2 роки тому

    QUAGMIRE IS THAT YOU??????

  • @thedead12
    @thedead12 2 роки тому +1

    Im the Mayonnaise on the Escalator
    Im going Upstars
    So see you later

  • @christophervanoster
    @christophervanoster 2 роки тому +1

    Hello Matt!

  • @splitz_1185
    @splitz_1185 2 роки тому

    What mod is this? Cause there's 3 spains

  • @devonbowden1314
    @devonbowden1314 2 роки тому

    can we get some more victoria 2?

  • @ctggames320
    @ctggames320 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Matt.

  • @notniko6914
    @notniko6914 2 роки тому +1

    mmmm new alex episode 1 minute ago

  • @viperexecutor2409
    @viperexecutor2409 2 роки тому

    Is this a mod or a DLC? To get al these nice focus trees for minor nations?

  • @fffff5012
    @fffff5012 2 роки тому

    Hi from latvia 🇱🇻

  • @eduardpeeterlemming
    @eduardpeeterlemming 2 роки тому

    How good or bad are Baltic states

  • @jessesullivan9983
    @jessesullivan9983 2 роки тому

    calling out tommy K need to see another match with you guys

  • @tavish4699
    @tavish4699 2 роки тому +4

    why is it you sometimes cant take their navy?
    and do you need the new dlc for that?

    • @skr44z
      @skr44z 2 роки тому +1

      No you don't I believe it was just a patch

  • @abdraoufalti
    @abdraoufalti 2 роки тому +1

    Try black ice mod

  • @Quandale_dingle7790
    @Quandale_dingle7790 2 роки тому +1

    Chonk!!!!

  • @adamsrwe354
    @adamsrwe354 2 роки тому

    blessed

  • @codybarton6332
    @codybarton6332 Рік тому

    Hi Alex!!!

  • @matushka__
    @matushka__ 2 роки тому +1

    Chonk.

  • @caspianvonliechtenstein6517
    @caspianvonliechtenstein6517 2 роки тому

    Hi Alex

  • @marshalvladimir8859
    @marshalvladimir8859 2 роки тому

    Hi Matt!