Venezuelan Grand Strategy: Reforming Oil Economy in HOI4

[00:00:00]Where are they taking me?

[00:00:03]I don't know where I'm going.

[00:00:08]What's going on? They're probably bringing me to hell. What? We're there.

[00:00:12]I can take off my blindfold. Oh god.

[00:00:14]What's it going to be?

[00:00:15]>> Talking about the significance of the passage of time.

[00:00:19]>> Oh no. Millennium Dawn Venua. My friends, I love this mod. If it was stable, it would be a gold mine. But you all know. Form the Union of South America. Make Grand Colombia. Buy a technological pickup. How [ __ ] cool is that? There's a crime miniame. Wait, I'm making money. Is the only country in this in this mod that makes money? Oh, I make 6 billion from uh selling oil.

[00:00:46]Okay. Hugo Chavez. We're in the year 2000. 15% PP gain. Populist president.

[00:00:52]He has a lot of PP, man. He makes crazy PP, man. Aha. Because all my money comes from oil. Well, I become a rentier state. Since the country is so rich in natural resources, oil, there's little or no need to tax the population.

[00:01:04]Citizens get Oh, it's like Norway.

[00:01:06]Citizens get benefits without paying taxes and have little incentive to demand good governance. Outdated army.

[00:01:11]Oh my god. Wow. We're ultra debuffed.

[00:01:13]What's your corruption level? Rampant corruption. Holy [ __ ] Uh, brain drain.

[00:01:17]I have no research at all. Plan Bolivar 2000 was the first Bolivarian missions enacted under Hugo Chavez. The plan involves the deployment of approximately 40,000 soldiers engaging comprehensive anti-poverty initiatives. What? Why don't you just make anti-poverty initiatives? Why do you need an army to destroy poverty? Man, we're super oil dependent. Budding pro state. It's on the path to become a burgeoning petrol power to claim its place on the globe.

[00:01:43]We will lead ourselves towards the future with the black gold. Okay. Nonp power electrical grid. That's it. No satellites. And we have the cartels which are very bad for us. Anti-cartel propaganda. So, I have some money. Let's do that. The cartel inference goes down by three. Do you have a cool focus tree?

[00:02:01]Damn. Question of the cartels. Ally them or fight them. War on drugs. You can destroy the cartel. Okay, this is army.

[00:02:11]I'm not touching that industry. Two cifs. Question of oil. More oil extraction and 10% more revenue. That would be good. Building old AKs. We're building soldier equipment. We're building trucks and I'm out of sifts anyway. No one cares. I'm starting excavation to get 7.5% more oil extracted. 620 days. You might as well just not research, man.

[00:02:36]Holy [ __ ] So, we have no mills and we have no research. We have We have to live over focus tree. That's what needs to save us. Kill the cartel first or build up oil first. Okay, we're going to we're going to try to [ __ ] up the cartel. Will you kidnap Donald Trump? We will try. We will try. But then Oh, and now all my money is gone. I think the money is gone because now everyone is buying oil which gives you sifts but you only make money off oil if no one buys the oil. It's a little bit confusing.

[00:03:04]Fight the cartel. I'm destroying their strength and their political influence.

[00:03:08]So you're first supposed to work with the police and the military, but it's a buff that only stays 60 days. Should wait for more PP, right? To get the military and police bonus and then you raid them. Maybe I wait until I give them minus Look at this. Minus 10 strength, minus five political influence, which gives me more bonuses.

[00:03:25]And then you can destroy the park. We could go um yeah, I'm going globalized trade economy. So, I sell even more oil.

[00:03:33]Look at that. I just want to sell oil, oil, oil, oil, oil. Good. And then you can now destroy them. So, I have the best chances possible. I'm using the military and I'm now starting my raids.

[00:03:46]I have the best chances possible. I can't do better. 71% chance to raid a drug convoy. I'm now allowed to dismantle the cartel. You will begin a war against the cartel.

[00:04:01]Um, go economy, huh? The Venezuelan industry. Two industry bonuses. Kind of boring. Nothing too special. Okay, here we go. 70% chance, please.

[00:04:10]Successful drug rate. Nice. Nice. Nice.

[00:04:14]Okay, but if I kill them now, shouldn't I stop these events? Fortify the border.

[00:04:18]Oh, it's a war against Colombia. Look at that. I'm training Colombian police. I'm infiltrating the fog and I'm building I'm literally building a wall. I'm very impressed by Venezuela here. This this feels amazing. This is very well done. I can now attack them, which makes me a lot of money. Oh, look at that. We're killing them. Here we go. 10% more oil and 10% more money made from oil.

[00:04:42]Foreign Oil Ventures. Very, very good focus, man. So now I have to choose between four different companies. Uh, Russia, Britain, America, and who is this guy? China. China. [ __ ] America.

[00:04:54]America is our number one enemy for what they did to my boy Maduro. I guess I go with China. You get fuel reserves. And then you get a SIF from the Chinese. And then you have to wait till BRIX is formed. I'm going with China.

[00:05:09]Successful bank investigation. And I fully killed the cartel. I killed the cartel. Does that mean they have zero buffs now? Yeah. No more cartel.

[00:05:17]Campaign against the far weak and now even weakened which is fully destroying all the mafia. Okay, we kind of destroyed the mafia now. The end of the cartel. Oh, I didn't read that. No, I got clicked away. Oh, you get a cool buff for one year. Sick. Chat, which party is Maduro in real life? Fifth republic. Then I'm going to stay that.

[00:05:37]Maybe I can even play Maduro. The Fifth Republic later became Maduro's party.

[00:05:41]Okay. And finally, destroy the FRAC. We fully destroyed the mafia and we have no debt, man. We're actually so [ __ ] rich, man. Let's invest.

[00:05:54]Oh, they don't want me. They Oh, some of them don't want me to invest in their countries.

[00:06:00]But Brazil wants What does investing do?

[00:06:02]I built a Sith in an AI nation, but it gives me money. Oh, I can do my first uh corruption. There we go. Lowering corruption is super important in this game. You just get such insane buffs, man.

[00:06:16]Dude, we have free universal healthcare, man. We are the better America. This is This is shabes care. You can buy offmap.

[00:06:25]Wait, wasn't there a button here? I can lease mills. Oh, I'm leasing a mill.

[00:06:31]Cool. Ah, that's so I can turn my money into Oh, man. We have the worst equipment from back in the day, bro.

[00:06:38]Look how [ __ ] old all this equipment is.

[00:06:41]Ah, let's at least four more mills. How much money is that? And I need to be a bit more careful with money though.

[00:06:47]Let's a bit careful. But my investments are coming in soon. Good. We got to get through all the basic industry until I can make military. Unfortunately, my resource speed is actually I improved it by 18. Ah, the brain drain is still killing me. How will I get rid of the brain drain? Ah, here. That's the brain drain. Oh, I shall go in there. Reverse the brain drain for 44% more resource speed. Let's go. Okay, we almost have fully destroyed corruption. Okay, and I'm fully out of manpower already. We have to start thinking a bit about the military future of this game. Brazil is protecting everyone. So, what we're going to have a jungle war on Brazil could make a jungle fighter. Let me actually take a look at my enemy. A sha bro has even air force and stuff. Oh, maybe Brazil shouldn't be our first enemy. Finally, the focus I want so bad.

[00:07:32]The brain drain gets replaced. The brain drain is minus 20 research and this one is plus 24. But I think I'm getting 44% research. Let's take a look. 15. This will hit like a truck. Ooh, big 39%.

[00:07:47]Again, we're just building up this nation. Maybe the communist focusry will have some war goals. But I'm so far away from going into the political focus tree. I'm so busy doing economy the whole time. Okay, I have kind of a full army. Uh here we go. Logistical effort.

[00:08:01]No question. I have uh 13 basic infantry on foot.

[00:08:07]H puppet Colombia and Ecuador has to be the number one goal. I'm now influencing them. It's going to take forever though, chat. I built so much in in Colombia and yet I have no influence. Ridiculous.

[00:08:19]Since you're minor power, your influence is much weaker. Oh, Collective Industries just buffs, buffs, buffs. The guarantee is gone. Oh, the guarantee is gone. But again, you can't attack anyone until uh 80 75% rot tension, which will not happen forever. Beautiful. Wow. I didn't do this one. We're close to finishing economics and being up to date with economics. Yeah, that seems almost impossible to ever influence him. He even went up again 2%. It seems impossible. We can never ever take him like that. Ecuador is going well. I can influence Ecuador and take it over.

[00:08:52]Okay. Rise of the fifth republic. This is Maduro's party kind of. That's why I'm doing that. Communist Venezuela.

[00:08:59]Repressive government. Oo. Censor the press.

[00:09:03]work on the Grand Colombian unification.

[00:09:06]An next wagle against Colombia. There it is, dude. I'm not ready for it. We have to prepare better. By the way, whoever designed this focus tree, whoever designed Venezuela, great job, man.

[00:09:17]Could you buy Russian stuff?

[00:09:19]Yeah, probably. But no one actually sells airplanes. I want to do my own [ __ ] It's time. Let's [ __ ] create something. The 1975 AK. Let's go, Chad.

[00:09:32]We're researching military. You literally need a 10-year buildup phase in this mod. Increase presidential powers. Ooh.

[00:09:40]Chavez is taking over as a dictator.

[00:09:43]This investment [ __ ] feels so [ __ ] gamy. I I might turn it off next time.

[00:09:48]So far, Venezuela has built like 20 cifs and 20 office buildings on this map, which just feels ridiculous. That just feels really dumb. That That's like too crazy. Oh, the guarantee of Brazil's back on Ecuador. Which doctrine you want to play? W [ __ ] I don't know. Shock and all or combined arms. Combined arms is really modern fighting, right? I'm going combined arms. W [ __ ] Look at everything they added. Alter equipment doctrines. What? Mixed equipment is infantry and tanks and a bunch of artillery. Attack helicopters mechanized. Let's mix. I guess I guess I'm mixing. I guess I'm going air trying to get green air.

[00:10:32]And here are the special forces doctrine. Boom. Okay. Chees, baby. Let's go. Understood. The imperialism will always be the greatest threat to the revolution. If we manage to erate the imperial powers for the glo revolution, we will have truly secured a free society. How is my Ecuador puppet looking? I think we have it. OH, WE POP IT ECUADOR. It is done. We pop it at Ecuador. Good. That means we have a double attack in Colombia later. Oh, the guarantee is back. Heck, we need a Brazil jungle war. They actually have an air force and a real navy, Tommy, bro. Has an air force and he has tanks.

[00:11:08]Boy, I don't know if I'm Dude, I don't think I'm killing Brazil. I don't have a navy. I can't really invade him, my friends.

[00:11:16]Holy [ __ ] the guy has a mega navy. He has a Colossus class aircraft carrier. I don't think you want to hear this, but we're still very far away from any wars.

[00:11:23]Air facility. Let's go. Super needed.

[00:11:25]I'm at Sona's Special Forces Ranger Squad. This is the Grand Colombian Jungle Corps. The GCJC.

[00:11:37]Yeah, we are the GCJC.

[00:11:41]Let's go. There's also a focus that makes you um actually have supply hubs everywhere, which I'm going to take next. Yep, this makes you supply hops everywhere. He took it off. HE TOOK IT OFF. OH, I need to attack. He took it off. He took it off. He took it off. He took it off. Work on the Grand Colombia idea. Oh [ __ ] Going to be infantry versus infantry. Man, I we could even lose this. It's a very basic infantry build. Oh, they look they look weak.

[00:12:05]They look weak. Lots of mechanized, but I have anti-tank and [ __ ] We're about to attack. Don't guarant THE [ __ ] Let's be patient and hope the guarantee goes away in a sec like it did before. Okay, I can now design anti-air. Okay, how the [ __ ] does What?

[00:12:20]SP AA SAM launcher.

[00:12:24]Oh, what the [ __ ] It's a Patriot system. Holy [ __ ] What the [ __ ] are the modern light autoc cannon? Does anything here? Oh, this is anti-air. This is anti third gen anti-aircraft autoc cannon ammo. I guess this is our first SPAA.

[00:12:40]Boom. SPAA, baby. Let's go.

[00:12:45]Okay, our first real vehicle, the SBA Penguin Railway Supply hop in Miranda.

[00:12:51]I'm building so many supply hubs. Oh, look at that. I'm building supply everywhere. I need to go into air which is going to take forever. Look at all this fly. One year of research to get basic airship. Please take the guarantee off. I think he's not going to take it off. We're going to fight the Brazilian Skum. Okay, I need my uh Brazil defense.

[00:13:11]Let them level up. Brazil will not step away from its guarantee. We will have to kill all of W. That's a huge army here.

[00:13:21]Holy [ __ ] I'm going in. I'm going in.

[00:13:23]Okay, we're doing this.

[00:13:26]Okay, the great bush war begins. Okay, speed free. Let's enjoy. I have no tanks. I have no air. I have no nothing.

[00:13:32]But if I win this war, I get Grand Colombia. And he called Brazil. He called Brazil. And we're pushing Bua Vista. We're going into zero supply zone here. The great war of Amazonas is not going to work. We're not going to break Brazil here, man. But I don't have a navy to reach him. What can I do?

[00:13:52]Initial attack looks good. Initial attack looks very good. My teammate isn't in the battle.

[00:14:00]He might actually die, but I I will.

[00:14:01]He's He's It's saving me time. He's saving me time. Actually, problem here.

[00:14:05]Interesting.

[00:14:08]Well, that sounds actually cool. So, that's a kill of two divisions. Let's do that then. Actually, beautiful supply everywhere for some reason. I'm getting the port, right? Yeah. Good. Oh, we're going to the Amatunas. Oh, they're actually using some fighter jets in the Amatunas. Even though I think fighter jets might not be that successful in the Amatunas. Making good progress everywhere. Looking good.

[00:14:29]Actually going to Medeline. Oh, Colombia actually getting crushed. Question is, how do we ever like reach Rio de Janeiro? That seems super impossible.

[00:14:39]You have minus 10 power. Why would I have minus 10 power? Ah, cuz I'm taking all of his stuff. Huh? Cuz I'm now taking all the SIS. Oh, look at that.

[00:14:45]Look how broken that is. That's all my investment sifs. Imagine I core Columbia, bro. Look at that. How division does the Brazil have? Doesn't really matter cuz we're just stuck in a shitty jungle fight anyway. You can have 100 divisions or 10. Well, it doesn't matter much at the moment. I need the Medeline.

[00:15:02]He's holding it well. Supply is ridiculous, man. I don't know why my supply is so good. Okay, let's try this well planned attack thing. Plus 20% attack. Big Medeline attack here. Come on, dude. I'm not getting Medeline, huh?

[00:15:13]Oh, Ga's actually def the the capital.

[00:15:16]Come on, fall. Stop surviving, dude. Stop surviving. How annoying is that? And I actually have puga, but it's like bugged out. Look at that. It's Oh no, it's like buggy. Wow. Brazil now showing a huge mega army, but it's the amatonas. They can't do much. They're close. They're close. I need air, man.

[00:15:34]Which is so so long away. Air. Oh, you can offer a ceasefire to Brazil. Ala, what if I actually can peace out? Wait, wait, wait. That would be very genius by the developers if you can actually piece out individual uh people. What the [ __ ] dude? Oh. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. We got this. We got Oh my. No way that's happening right now. There's no way in hell that is happening right now. I'm not going to lose to you. No. No.

[00:16:06]Did they just kill all my units in a second?

[00:16:10][ __ ] They killed Ecuador. [ __ ] kind of struggling a bit here. I got to get out of this war, man. It's actually getting dangerous. I need one more land from him. That could be the final W.

[00:16:20]Protecting it. Well, 98%, baby. Come on.

[00:16:24]This should be the final tile if it ever is taken. Looks like an infinite fight, man. You like can't win it.

[00:16:30]Oh my god, that's annoying. Maybe this one is enough.

[00:16:36]That enough? That was one. That was 0%.

[00:16:39]This [ __ ] is bucked forever. Maybe if I pin. I don't think even pitting is going to help. Yeah, it's just it seems buggy.

[00:16:45]Look at that. Yeah, it's a bug. These two can never ever die. You see that?

[00:16:48]Past should be enough.

[00:16:51]If I had some air, bro. If I just had some air. I'm trying to get it, but you have to research it forever.

[00:17:01]I get a full kill and Brazil doesn't care. What the [ __ ] I'm getting a full kill. Why?

[00:17:08]Oo.

[00:17:10]And now I can try to piece out Brazil. I cool. That's super sick in the mod. We got to I got to be honest for a second.

[00:17:24]Congratulations developers. Good job.

[00:17:26]You can actually offer ceasefire.

[00:17:29]Actually great. Actually great.

[00:17:31]Millennium Dawn looking like a piece of cake model today, man. Looking so good, dude. I just took so much industry. It's not qu though. It's not court. Now something pretty big happens. Begin the reformation of Grand Colombia. You can now start integrating all of Grand Colombia. Ooh.

[00:17:48]Oh, you need more compliance. Integrate Ecuador. I guess I should have puppeted Colombia. If Colombia is a puppet, it's um integrable. Release Colombia as a puppet. Boom. Now I think I can take it for free. Look at that. Yeah. Holy [ __ ] Form Grand Colombia. That's an achievement. Oh my god. That's an achievement. And we're fully integrating them, cing them, getting their entire industry. One year and Grand Colombia United. And then we have an economy, man. Fuel tanks. As you can see, we're slowly going down air, which takes forever. It takes literally 15 years in the game to get uh fighter engines.

[00:18:29]We're getting another resource lot though. Beautiful. Ooh, Brazil.

[00:18:34]Reports indicate that Luis Inachio Lula de Silva, the leader of Brazil, authorized a series of created attacks on our nation. This aggression suggests a blatant disregard of from the boundaries of our territory and demanding reparations. We're just going to say no to Oh, they had to pay me. They actually paid reparations, these little [ __ ] Hug died. Oo, Hug Chavez died.

[00:19:00]There is my man. He looks so young and fresh. Obviously, he will be the one.

[00:19:05]Uniting Grand Colombia now. Nicholas Amaduro. Let's take down these American scumbags. Let's go. Companies for fighters. And I think I can make my first fighter. Do we do medium or light?

[00:19:17]Might need a lot of range in my war zones. I'm doing medium. W 600 days. Al to 660 days for a fighter jet from 1960 with an 80% research buff. 13 days. Come on. Give me the biggest economy ever.

[00:19:32]Three, two, one.

[00:19:38]Oh, yes, baby. Oh, I doubled my factory count. Oh my god, bro. Oh, grand.

[00:19:50]How's unemployment? Still 20% unemployed.

[00:19:54]Look at all these mills. I could build so much air now. That is a big big big step forward, man. Look at that economy.

[00:20:00]Ooh, baby. Nice. Now we have to be AFK kill until I make air one day. I think like John says, they want Venezuela to not get good air too fast. But [ __ ] man. Come on, dude. This is taking forever.

[00:20:17]Wow. There it is. It took a while. It took a while, man. 14 years. I I can't be mad.

[00:20:24]>> Well, we might just have a crashed game now. It might be over. Wait for the diamond for I crashed again. We're done.

[00:20:31]GG. We all knew it's going to happen, Chad. We all knew. I had fun, man. I had fun. What can I do, Chad? I would have loved to show more, bro. Millennium dawn.