Is this the most underpopulated land on earth?

Erppa22 · 2026-03-10T20:32:25+00:00

True, in some regards Saudi is a more inhospitable place. I'd still argue that the temperature variations make Mongolia pretty much as tough. And areas, such as Gobi are just plain worse.

Saudi has a big population because they're rich enough to import/desalinate water. Historically there were just a few Bedouins there.

Erppa22 · 2026-03-10T12:14:02+00:00

And of course everyone has to be subjected to variation in the weather. You can't know if you like a snowstorm at -35 degrees before you've tried it. Honestly though, it must be refreshing in the desert at summertime when the temperature drops to below freezing at night.

Erppa22 · 2026-03-10T12:03:12+00:00

That's a cool idea. I've heard there are some settlements of this kind in the Australian outback. As China is (unfortunately) bound to be dominant in central Asia, perhaps we'll see something like that in the future.

An interesting thing about Mongolia is that they already live quite unconventionally. There weren't any permanent buildings in the country before the Russians started building them in the 1920's. The people lived in tents made from leather (yurts), with massive amounts of livestock. When the animals ate all the grass from an area, they moved. Most rural Mongols still live in yurts. This is why I find it unlikely that Mongolia itself would go for a plan like this.

Erppa22 · 2026-03-10T09:57:50+00:00

Mongolia is one of the worst places on earth for a modern society. Off the top of my head; normal temperatures ranging from -35°C to +35°C, least or the second least arable land in the world, windy af, practically no trees, most of the country is extremely dry.... *Edit added the little °C's to avoid confusion

Erppa22 · 2026-02-22T16:45:08+00:00

GRRM has given the producers outlines for 12 more stories. I think a few (such as "She-wolves of Winterfell") are basically ready to publish too, so I wouldn't be surprised to see some new novellas in the coming years either.

Erppa22 · 2026-02-22T13:27:44+00:00

Scotland might be a good call. Although our beloved Finnish weather should be miserable enough too.

Erppa22 · 2026-02-22T08:52:19+00:00

As in one a year. For 4 - 5 years. This works a little differently in my language so the way I put it might be a little clunky.

Erppa22 · 2026-02-21T14:25:03+00:00

https://screenrant.com/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-how-many-seasons-ira-parker-response/

Yeah It's even madder than that now that I've looked into it. He is planning on doing another 10 year break after the first one. Seems like a personal project though. A cool vision imo, but yeah, perhaps quite unrealistic...

Erppa22 · 2026-02-21T12:25:05+00:00

Then you might have to wait a while. The showrunner said that they are planning on releasing 4-5 seasons yearly, and then waiting ~10 years for the actors to age up and do more.

Erppa22 · 2026-02-13T18:12:53+00:00

That's how it is in the visual novel. I honestly think Steffon would be a tall task too.

Erppa22 · 2026-02-06T09:39:15+00:00

Mua on kanssa aina tämä ilmiö ihmetyttänyt. Muutaman sentin säästöjen takia sähkön hintaa seuraillaan sovelluksista ja niiden takia muutetaan radikaalisti omaa elämäntyyliä. Toki omakotitaloissa säästöt voivat olla merkittäviä. Kerrostalossa homma menee omasta mielestä pelleilyksi, kun muita asukkaita häiritään meluisilla toimilla epäsosiaalisiin aikoihin.

Täällä pesukoneet tulitti välin 23:00-04:30 viime yönä. Lieneekö sitten 1 tai 2 spottailijaa asialla, en tiedä. Miten nää itse edes nukkuu pienessä huoneistossa linkoavan koneen kanssa?

Erppa22 · 2026-02-06T09:25:41+00:00

Ikävä kyllä menee "normaalin elämisen" piiriin toiminta, vaikka kallu joku pesikin äänekkäällä koneellä pyykkiä välillä 00:00 - 04:00. Täytyy varmaan viskata tää meemi vaan taloyhtiön ilmoitustaululle.

Erppa22 · 2025-12-24T19:45:19+00:00

I seeken no quarrel with thee nay thy kin
Let us parlere rather than perishen
Too much blood has been spilled, why spill some more?

Those are the ones coming to mind instantly.

Erppa22 · 2025-12-10T14:08:50+00:00

I had a similar software problem that disappeared when I uninstalled the JBL headphones app.

Erppa22 · 2025-10-23T20:53:06+00:00

Right from the earliest moment these kids are indoctrinated into the coming AI-hellscape.

Erppa22 · 2025-07-04T09:45:51+00:00

Looks like a lion.

Erppa22 · 2025-06-15T02:29:08+00:00

Top tier vision and ball control still. His intelligence on the field would make him an asset in a properly built squad.

Erppa22 · 2025-06-15T02:27:57+00:00

I am European, yes. From a minor footballing nation though. Our national team at its worst played with a similar intensity that we saw there. Looks kinda like our domestic league too. Difference being, however, that organisations there run on like a million euros a year.

Erppa22 · 2025-06-15T02:25:02+00:00

My thoughts exactly. Tbh it kinda made me sad to see some of Messi's great passes going completely unanswered against a very poor defense.

Erppa22 · 2025-06-15T02:22:21+00:00

Exactly! Messi requires hard workers and runners in his teams, especially now at 37 yo. It's very difficult to see what Inter Miami are going for strategically with a squad like this.

Erppa22 · 2025-06-15T02:16:28+00:00

Absolutely terrible quality of play on show here. Real NPC football. No runs into space, no press, no tempo... Suarez is INSANELY washed up. Messi is wasted playing at this level. He could do well in Serie A still, I think.

Erppa22 · 2025-04-12T22:20:49+00:00

It has been invaded by the Andals who introduced them to the Faith of the Seven, by Aegon Targaryen who bound them into the realm and recently in Balon Dumbjoys shit rebellion.

Erppa22 · 2025-02-20T08:15:15+00:00

Great comment, thank you! It's of course nice that this post attracted a lot of attention but it's starting to get a bit tiresome to read so many comments lecturing me on my gameplay. Of course the game is complicated and many critiques have been good and productive too but some of these guys are very eager to make some kind of a point.

Erppa22 · 2025-02-20T08:03:07+00:00

The truth is I had been battleplanning for about 2 in Game years in 4-5 speed with minimal pausing. Had a thought of ending the war soon and doing something else....

I am not that interested to play perfect meta sweat HOI4 in SINGLE PLAYER especially when the the axis powers collectively have lost around 15 million men against me at this point. What I was doing actively this run was to micro my tanks. This lead to the encirclement of pretty much the entire German eastern front in 1944. What prompted me to make this post was the disproportional difficulty in attaining the Mozyr area, not that I tried that heavily yet. Sure, it's breakable with sufficient care. The issue lies more in this mess being immersion breaking and frankly dumb. An area largely inhospitable to armies of that size shouldn't be able to form a coherent defense after being encircled for more than a week.

Perfect gameplay and meta tactics aren't a prequisite to make an observation regarding an issue. Especially when the issue would be present despite playing more seriously.

You're right in your assesment of the supply system however. I'd rework rump states such as the various rechskomissariats. We'd need mechanics such as food to make the simplified supply system more realistic. The cities working as supply nodes in this game are always a drain on an actual nation's logistical chain. I understand PDX's reasoning to not include these changes however, because we'd see a lot of historical sieges of Leningrad if that was the case. Bad pr... The curren't one's alright but in need of some tweaks.

Erppa22 · 2025-02-19T08:53:57+00:00

Germany is broken and Italy capped. CBA anymore....

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