The biggest possible alternate history Poland is the one where that one guy actually got all of Poland, Lithuania, Hungary and Croatia, and that massive commonwealth joined up in a union with a max-strength Kalmar Union. It Would Be UNSTOPPABLE. [EDIT: How could I forget Russia as well? They would also have Russia.]
I guess the deformed ball at 8:42 is meant to represent the fact that at the time both Prussia and Austria had possessions inside the German Confederation and outside of it. So by having the German Confederation both were part of it but also not as they had their eastern possessions. This lead to a lot of conflicts as the nationalist movements that wanted to build a German state wanted to include all German territories while Austria and Prussia didn’t want to split their territories. The conflict was resolved when Prussia beat Austria in the German brother war and forced Austria with all its belongings out of Germany while entire Prussia was included
Poland was way more influencial, and 75% of Lithuanian land after 13th century were just destroyed empty lands lefy by the golden horde, Poland had better population, infrastructure and army, it did most of the feats of PLC.
What people never mention and don’t realize is that the Holy Roman Empire already had existed as a powerful (most powerful in Europe) and centralized empire for 800+ years before it gotten that broken up. The HRE only became disintegrated/splintered/broken-up (whatever you wanna call it) because of the religious war (30 years war) from 1618 to 1648, when all of Europe literally invaded Germany and used Germany as a battlefield to fight each other and subsequently effed it all up. That is the timeline those Germany maps show. And it’s that splintered with all the different colors due to one region having joined one factions, while the next one the other - often times being forced to do so by foreign states that have invaded Germany. And afterwards it stayed like that (to a lesser degree though) due to many regions having established strong relations with a Protestant state, while another one did so with a Catholic one/stayed loyal to the Emperor. While France just supported whatever faction/state would weaken that empire and its unity even more. 😅 Though it’s correct that the Empire already has been kind of federalized before all that, with some regions having been granted some level of autonomy - like the USA for example. But that federalism actually worked quite well before the 30 years war. That’s the context those maps and videos - such as this one - always fail to mention 😂. Thus those memes are actually really misleading and historically incorrect and it’s also wrong to generalize the whole existence of that empire (which lasted 1000 years or even more - depends how you count it) due to maps showcasing how splintered it has been during a freakin battle royal taking place on its territory 😂 it’s like showing a map of America, France, Russia or England during the civil wars with the holdings of all the different factions and then generalizing the existence of their whole country based on that. Calling it the most disgusting empire in history is really wild though. I mean they did protect and defend Europe against invaders quite often after all.
France did kinda end the HRE but Francis II discontinued it. When the Confederation of the Rhine was introduced into the Germanic lands Francis felt that it was time to end the Empire and officially disolved the HRE
I think the HRE often gets a bad rep for being cursed and for bordergore. back in the medieval ages it really wasnt any more split then any of the other feudal kingdoms. Infact the HRE had for the longest time the best legal system and central authority out of all the feudal kingdoms. The reason why we give it a bad rep is that it practically didnt change and kept existing all the way into the 19th century of centralized nation states.
What’s more, once other powers get involved in their internal politics (Treaty of Westphalia) most hopes of centralization are stomped out, getting worse and worse with time until Voltaire comes along and goes “eyw, grosse!”
Dude: (gets born right after German creation or whatever) wow I'm so proud to be able to grow up with my country and see it thrive! That dude, now a middle aged man: wait....germany.....were still so young 😭
0:22 fun fact The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ball has the Vasa coat of arms on it, which means that Sweden is also included XD
The biggest possible alternate history Poland is the one where that one guy actually got all of Poland, Lithuania, Hungary and Croatia, and that massive commonwealth joined up in a union with a max-strength Kalmar Union.
It Would Be UNSTOPPABLE.
[EDIT: How could I forget Russia as well? They would also have Russia.]
Petition to make this happen (Day... Idk man, I lost count. But I do know this should have been signed on day 1.)
@@MSKofAlexandria Isn't this day one?
And sweden, right?
Actually, there was a chance that the Poland Lithuania Commonwealth could of Russia join
Should have joined with them, and with Italy, then they could have a _Calamari_ Union.
Holy, Roman, and an Empire??? What else could you ask for! I need these two plushes NOW.
Is it just me, or are the plushies getting smaller?
@@coquimapping8680 shrinkflation
I guess the deformed ball at 8:42 is meant to represent the fact that at the time both Prussia and Austria had possessions inside the German Confederation and outside of it. So by having the German Confederation both were part of it but also not as they had their eastern possessions. This lead to a lot of conflicts as the nationalist movements that wanted to build a German state wanted to include all German territories while Austria and Prussia didn’t want to split their territories. The conflict was resolved when Prussia beat Austria in the German brother war and forced Austria with all its belongings out of Germany while entire Prussia was included
Why do people forget that before Polish Lithuania, Lithuania was the biggest in europe. And also Polands king was also Lithuanian
probably because Poland had bigger population and beside smaller size bigger army or something
Poland was way more influencial, and 75% of Lithuanian land after 13th century were just destroyed empty lands lefy by the golden horde, Poland had better population, infrastructure and army, it did most of the feats of PLC.
@PL_Patriot I mean, you're literally called Polish Patriot. Of course you're gonna say that. I'm not saying you're wrong. It is up to debate
Man what did the HRE ever do to you 😭
well... it wasn't Holy, not Roman, nor it was an empire.
gore.
Is it just me, or are the plushies getting smaller?
Exist
border gore
HRE ball probably has thousands of smaller countryballs inside it
Beanbag
0:49 polandball woke up chose violence
7:01 Poland already existed since around the same time of the HRE
I wouldn‘t say disgusting, i mean almost every state has a regional accent and its very own culture.
Petition to ban all petitions from drew durnil’s comment section
Signed.
Isn't this contradicting?
Ban your petition too
His petition is an exception to stop the new petitions afterwards
@@worminaround still wrong though because it doing what it claims to go against.
HRE is the most underrated matter of European history
Petition for for drew to continue with tropico 6
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Can I sign myself
@@Luikmans No
@@Capitala-București oh
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That commonwealt plussie looks cool ngl
What people never mention and don’t realize is that the Holy Roman Empire already had existed as a powerful (most powerful in Europe) and centralized empire for 800+ years before it gotten that broken up. The HRE only became disintegrated/splintered/broken-up (whatever you wanna call it) because of the religious war (30 years war) from 1618 to 1648, when all of Europe literally invaded Germany and used Germany as a battlefield to fight each other and subsequently effed it all up. That is the timeline those Germany maps show. And it’s that splintered with all the different colors due to one region having joined one factions, while the next one the other - often times being forced to do so by foreign states that have invaded Germany. And afterwards it stayed like that (to a lesser degree though) due to many regions having established strong relations with a Protestant state, while another one did so with a Catholic one/stayed loyal to the Emperor. While France just supported whatever faction/state would weaken that empire and its unity even more. 😅 Though it’s correct that the Empire already has been kind of federalized before all that, with some regions having been granted some level of autonomy - like the USA for example. But that federalism actually worked quite well before the 30 years war.
That’s the context those maps and videos - such as this one - always fail to mention 😂. Thus those memes are actually really misleading and historically incorrect and it’s also wrong to generalize the whole existence of that empire (which lasted 1000 years or even more - depends how you count it) due to maps showcasing how splintered it has been during a freakin battle royal taking place on its territory 😂 it’s like showing a map of America, France, Russia or England during the civil wars with the holdings of all the different factions and then generalizing the existence of their whole country based on that. Calling it the most disgusting empire in history is really wild though. I mean they did protect and defend Europe against invaders quite often after all.
I'd totally get a polish Lithuanian commonwealth plush but it's too expensive
Petition for drew to put the flag of the Byzantine empire in the background day 222
The Holy Roman Empire was holy, roman and an empire!
Fun fact looking in the middle of polish Lithuania flag you can say in which year it was use
HOLY CRAP MORE BALLS TO COLLECT FROM DREW
1:15 the "ego" was a great detail since ego means me in latin!
Petition for drew to make a Scottish ball plush (day 13)
Pov you owned half a square mile of property with 3 houses and a store in the holy Roman empire and after it dissolved you're suddenly independent
When I first saw the thumbnail I knew that it was HolyRomen empire
I live the idea of HRE ball being a complete schizo where it talks to itself because of all the tiny kingdoms
Drew I challenge you to a edgeing contest
What 😭
😨
Bro what💀
nah WHAT
*hre has joined that chat*
-hre wins-
France did kinda end the HRE but Francis II discontinued it. When the Confederation of the Rhine was introduced into the Germanic lands Francis felt that it was time to end the Empire and officially disolved the HRE
That was just him acknowledging reality, the entity had been replaced in practice. He only did the formal part.
@@xenotypos yea
Imagine getting one of your historical empires plushified before your current state:
I bought The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth
2:33
Petition for Drew to hang the Buryatian flag (Day 36)
Drew comments try not to do a petition: impossible
8:20 - Holy Alliance and The Concert of Europe - Congress of Vienna to restore status quo ante bellum
I’m actually surprised drew didn’t make the Polish-Lithuaniaball a unique shape like Nepal
Petition for drew to do HRE Ball
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lol
I’m too young to buy this myself but I can’t convince my father to buy them.
"i can explain" got me rolling😂😂
5:26 at some point in history any country feared itself the most
Imagine if the HRE plush had many smaller countryball plushes inside it if you cut it open
Hi Drew you are my favorite map TH-camr when you don’t say that I should live in horrible Wisconsin
No
UP’an?
Of course the HRE plush gets sold when I am broke af 😭
3:44 *hilarious drew durnil noises*
When will there be the Portugal ball?
Posible day 200 of asking this man to make a Romanian plushie with s spear and fangs
Signed
ski mask so it can rob my wallet
i can't get these 😭the ones i want are gone already (germany family and poland)
In China Lithuania is very controversial due to their anti-our-government sentiment😂
We don't like Communists.
Now do Byzantium Empire countryball
Petition for Drew to visit Romania (day 144)
Signed
drew doesn't have the required skill level
I think mirror is of clear
0:46 Lithuania got smashed by Russia and got cursed by Poland!!!!😅😅😅😅😅
Petition for Drew to make Hungary countryball plushie (day 105)
Petition for Drew to make Seychelles ball day 1
I don’t know what you’re taking about, the Holy Roman Empire was beautiful.
day 170 of Asking you to watch this video Battle Royale Top 10 Most Powerful Entities in History by A slightly better day
3:50
Austria, Bavaria, Brunswick-Lüneburg/Hanover, Prussia, Trier, Cologne, Münster…but I don’t recognize the other 3.
we should recreate the holy roman empire
We already have one. It’s called faqids.
Asking Drew to make a Swiss Countryball
Lets ignore what sweden did in poland... lets ignore the Swedish Deluge
I think the HRE often gets a bad rep for being cursed and for bordergore. back in the medieval ages it really wasnt any more split then any of the other feudal kingdoms. Infact the HRE had for the longest time the best legal system and central authority out of all the feudal kingdoms. The reason why we give it a bad rep is that it practically didnt change and kept existing all the way into the 19th century of centralized nation states.
What’s more, once other powers get involved in their internal politics (Treaty of Westphalia) most hopes of centralization are stomped out, getting worse and worse with time until Voltaire comes along and goes “eyw, grosse!”
HRE gets a worse rep in the Pit lol. 😸
I wish they had helmets, crowns, or something on the plushes, is it because their designs were too elaborate?
The countryballs that Drew made were the first empires to be shown in this video coincidence?
Fun fact most of the Commonwealth was Lithuanian but they gave up some territory
i am from Poland and Poland is on the start of the video XD ah an Poland is white on red flag guys do not fake
You should make a finland country ball or a ww1 finland ball
0:46 “Russia” *Russia clonk*
I got the turkey/ottoman plushie 15 minutes before the deadline 😂
Imagine borning Burgundian in 1477 or you born Burgundian or you born to late to be french
drews upload speed is more frequent than the landmines in vietnam .
7:01 in next years be like Polan have war with HRE and win , War with Czechia win but for short time and ponder Kiev . Yes weird time.
Bro has personal beef with the HRE 😭
Where winged hussar in PLC 😢
I’m pretty sure he already did it
Hre is my favourite nation! Love the boardergore, the elections, the decentralization! :3
My house is shaken because of the earthquake in New Jersey
Officer Sanchez season 2
Drew Durnil Team:
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Why is the early comment section on videos always so stupid
Because good comments get filtered up over time
Drew that one flag that looks like Quebec is called Martinique
qing dynast ball would be pretty epic js
Huh, i wonder what all these comics have in common. Perhaps they all share the theme of two historical countries that exist
Play as poland in dummynation and reform Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth (Day 2)
0:11 lithuania had all ruthenia (ukraine) but the poles essentially took it from them when they united
Petition for Drew to display the flag of Equestria on his wall (Day 376)
Petition for drew to make uk countries plushies. Day 1
On an important milestone you should re-release all of them
The HRE is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an empire
-Some random philosopher whose name I have forgotten
this is so true-
no hat for polish-lithuania ball?
Lithuania and Taiwan actually have a good relationship!
Dude: (gets born right after German creation or whatever) wow I'm so proud to be able to grow up with my country and see it thrive!
That dude, now a middle aged man: wait....germany.....were still so young 😭
Day 124 for drew to draw the comoros flag 🇰🇲
Day 29 of asking drew to make a Bulgarian plushie
Signed
Drew should have maked all the kingdoms in hre a countryball for instead of making a single hre ball
Could talk for hours about the end of the hre and the consequences
4:23 yo is that a half life reference
4:41 Serbia and Austria started war against each other and Serbia was allied with Russia, France and UK. Austria was allied with Germany
Serbia was only allied to Russia, not to France und UK at the start of war, as Serbia was not part of the Entente.
can you make baltic ball, or Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? (Day 1)
5:25 bruh No. In next war, they'll help Lithuania
Another amazing video
Potential Countryball Plushies
Serbia Bosnia and Croatia
Finland Estonia and Hungary
Finland Estonia and Iceland
Czech Republic and Slovakia
Petition for Drew to make a Guyana countryball plushie before Venezuela tries to annex us. (Day 114)
These videos are always funny
Hey Drew!, i just have an idea, make a Prussia ball!
I want him to make Seychelles country ball