This is the greatest alt history timeline and it deserves its own mod

You can tell ISP is a big fan of the No Step Back DLC. His insanity/paranoia grows by the day and he's purged anyone that touches the dislike button!

ISP Loremaster here: every time he plays Manchukuo, the world goes to complete shit lmao, that country is fucking cursed. Which does make sense knowing what went on there during the Japanese occupation, and who was in charge behind the scenes

"He's crazy." "HE'S CONVERTING TO COMMUNISM" Nonhistorical is truly the engine of comedy.

"ESTONIAS VAPING" has to be one of my new favorite isp quotes

Yeah it kind of sounds like you should do the AtoZ series all over again from the beginning , since the new dlc makes it so fresh.

Imagine a Manchuria grandpa telling his grandkids how he kicked the ass of literally every other nation’s army from Vladivostok to London

Ah yes, I remember reading about the Treaty of St Pierre and Miquelon in History class where fascist Mexico annexed India. Real turning point in history, that one was.

It's funny, i remember looking into the focuses while doing some minor modding, and the unthinkable option is like a 10% chance for japan in unhistorical, which makes it really fun when it happens

Monarxist Manchuko update at No Step back looks fantastic!

Quick tip: At 18:24 you can directly left click the province on the map instead of finding it in the list. Quick tip over.

The reason you flipped to communist is that you took the "assertiveness" focus *during* the civil war. That flips you from a puppet of fascist Japan to a puppet of communist Japan (due to the way the tags are coded, it thinks the communists are the "real" Japan). It also meant you stayed a puppet of the victorious communists even after the war. Never take that focus during the civil war. Wait until it's over, then the event fires that gives you complete independence, control over Korea and all the islands (e.g. including Taiwan), as well as the obsolete half of the Japanese navy and army. Also Hirohito claims refuge in your land, giving you extra stability.

The Chinese emperor ruling Manchukuo waiting to become emperor again like: 👁👄👁

This is absolutely my favorite A2Z episode so far

The "WHAT?" from the Mexican invasion of the US was perfect. I think the AI might need expert AI lol.

Daily petition for ISP to play Huey Long's Paraguay in Kaiserredux

Godamn this has been the best episode so far with all the chaos that has ensued. Long live the people's republic empire

Japan has a 10% chance to submit, I’ve looked at the code, it’s influenced by nothing else, Japan could rule the world, still 10%

This was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in this game. This felt like a bootleg war hammer 40k with all this chaos.

Sanity is unnecessary. Faster! Faster! FASTER!!!

That dismantling of the Soviet Union hurt me more than any peace deal ever could... Until the Allies' peace deal

14:56 "The enemy of my enemy is my enemy." - Joseph Stalin, probably

The longer you look at the final map, the more you worry for ISP's sanity.

I love how the treaty at the end of the war was held in St. Pierre and Miquelon because that was the only place on the planet not reduced to rubble and chaos.

When he zoomed out to show Russia after the first capitulation I was physically shocked, the border gore in this video was something entirely different

It always boggles my mind that Paradox put so much effort into ahistorical focuses yet the game breaks completely when you use them.

Hey ISP, a tip for invading the British. You can attach heavy flame tanks to paratroopers, giving them the 50% armor bonus turning them into SPHESS MAHREENS! Just pop in some transports to keep them supplied and they will roll over just about anything.

That after such a long and painful war to just cuck ISP out of taking any land shows how HOI4 needs to give a major rework to peace conferences.

Damn, this session is trying to give Red Flood a run for its money in terms of insanity.

I'm sorry, but just looking at Russia/central Asia in that game, after so many AI peace deals, caused me actual physical pain.

That one hurts. Viva la Mexico! 🇲🇽 Non historic AI is mad in NSB.

Imagine if he had to do eu4 A-Z

That was quite possibly the wildest game of HOI4 A2Z yet, and the end result was an absolutely fractured map. It definitely wins the award!

You say this may be the craziest game on your channel but i remember the "Ardennes is actually impassable" vid from a few years ago where germany got the kaiser back, joined the commentern, USA had a civil war and lost, and brazil and Austria made a faction that you went to war with and LITERALLY went to Brazil.

Probably way more chaotic than when everyone joined the Comintern in that one video.

Yeah this might be the best ISP vid in a long while, it had it all. Chaos. Pain. Playing to basically a World Conquest in 1948. Maybe those are all the same thing... Can't wait for Democratic Mengkukuo!

I really love how crazy the game gets on non historical after the expansion. So much chaos

This game will be forever engraved into the book of ISP lore.

Great to see that peacedeals are still broken beyond belief.

This year: 7 days of A to Z Next year: 14 days of grand campaign

"It's a hard life, being the Emperor of China, if I know anything about history". For some reason now I want to go and rewatch The Last Emperor. I remember it being a damn good movie.

This has definitely been the most fun video to watch in a long time. Thanks ISP for putting so much effort into all your videos ❤️ I can’t even believe how tedious that must’ve been to finish that game and to go as far as you did. Keep up the great content dude

As a long time fan, this might have been my favorite video in a long time. Just everything was perfect. Bravo

Ah yes, brain pain! Top tier content, keep it up! Hurray for more brain damage!

12:05 My dog when anybody comes over.

Fun fact: I did not know what I was doing when I added Khiva to the game (if you doubt that I'm actually the one who made it you can look for my name in the game's credits.)

Every time he uploads it sounds like he dies inside more and more

I had my doubts, but this truly was an insane game

Well, this sure was... *something* alright

Manchurian People's Republic after completing imperial divinity: 'The Emperor is God and we have killed him'

Imagine the timeline where the Japanese puppet in China flips communist, turns Japan into the puppet, and then fights through all of Asia up to Europe and then naval invade the British isles

imagine being some chinese peasant from northern manchuria who ends up WALKING all the way to britanny before invading england

YO I saw this and thought youtube recommended and old video from you I’ve seen before but you’re still making these:) good for you isp

This is probably one of the best HOI4 videos on your channel, if not _the_ best. What a wild ride.

american President: THE BRITS WILL INVADE US!!! some texan general: mister president, texas has fallen! American president: THEM DAMN BRITS!!!

That was the best CPU commercial imaginable! But honestly, great work, what a joy to watch

I just love how he says "7 days of madness" when we all know it's "how to lose the little will to live left inside of you in 7 days"

This was extremely fun to watch, I loved this.

This game not only jumps the shark, it plays houlehoop with the shark.

Railwaygun only

Probably the best videos in the almost last 4 years I follow ISP. Laughed my ass off

This is one of the most impressive things I have ever seen. Good job and keep up the fantastic work.

Thanks for making these, really makes the trip home from worth something to look forward to

The USSR and Japan exchanged their halves of Sakhalin - the most romantic thing I saw in my life.

Feels like an old modern day mod isp coming in with a steel chair and actually winning

I've been watching you since the start, and this was one of the best videos you made! I haven't laughed this much since your Black and White series.

This has got to be my favorite video on the channel

The Silk Road.... of Madness.

Definitely one of the best, if not the best video in this series and in the whole channel

This is probably my favorite a2z so far. Great video

I have watched a lot of videos on this channel. This one reigns supreme.

Fun fact: when in the request control of a state menu you can click on the map and select states that way, makes it a little easier

Every time ISP plays and Asian nation, a new reality pop's up in the universe exactly like the games he play.

Imagine listening to this campaign on the radio. "In news from Europe, Manchurian units pound through Yugoslav defenses in Amsterdam."

You can hear his laughter turning more and more insane

Yeah, I had the same problem when I tried my Manchuria playthrough. The issue is that the 'Independance' Focus changes your vassal status of Japan ... but when they are in the Civil War, Communist Japan is the 'main' Japan, so the focus makes you THEIR puppet rather than changing your status with the Fascist part. You have to rush the focus straight away before the Civil War starts to get it done right :p

This was the video that made me subscribe, don’t even know how to play hoi4 but isp makes it great!

Every episode he descends further and further into pure madness

Up there with one of your best videos

This is probably what iSorrowproductions nightmares look like

The cherry on top of all that is at the end of the video, where taiwan became your capital.

I dont think I've ever seen a game this bizarre and surreal in my years of hoi. ever

The 9:26 Boxer Rebellion line is criminally underrated

I'm so looking forward to Democratic Mengkukuo 2 Electric Boogaloo

that border gore puts Hearts of Iron into the horror category

This video was like an acid trip in and out and in again

Tito, Communist Manchukuo, and The United Mexican States, using support equipment from every country, with every different alphabet possible on it sounds like the most chaotic game of Hoi4 I've ever seen, great job at creating a mess ISP.

The map at the end is the single most cursed thing I've ever seen. Its like ISP ate too many skittles and threw up on the map.

Welp u put it out there isp award show at the end of the year better start looking at all the videos this year

God after a long and tough day of work I needed this insanity to cheer me up.

I love that he literally did nothing and everyone started collapsing into civil unrest 😭

This video was genuinely brilliant

This is one of the best and most cursed isp videos I have ever seen

This is like the nested alliances of WW1 all over again and its just incomprehensible

Well that was one hell of "Alternative History"

The best roller coaster of emotions I have ever seen

He went all the way across the silk road for that. worth it

every time isp plays Manchuria it ends up being one of the weirdest games ive ever seen

PSI took over for a second 0:05

Yes, Chaos The source of isorrowproductions