The fact that one can analyse the geopolitics of Westeros and make logical conclusions based on that just adds to George RR Martins attention to detail and intellect
Or it shows how great fans are in interpreting fictional work and spinning their own fan theories. I am sure he would even be able to make a geopolitical video about Harry Potter or Star Wars if he wanted to.
EXACTLY. I clicked on my update icon and read 'caspian report - Game of thrones' and my brain instantly went "Nah you saw that wrong. Must be a new screen junkies video or something" :-D
@@DarkHarlequin or we could all form a petition for to raise awareness or fundraising to make GRRM to agree to make a total war game like warhammer TW, abd new books not just two last books but new books like Eliss Farman's adventure and dance of dragons.
@@darrenblack5541 If you read the books you'll notice that George RR Martin specifically states that scenes may happen weeks, months, or even years apart. There's no teleportation or supersonic ravens, it's just that the story is not presented in a linear manner. And that's quite common in fiction. Authors tend to skip 6 days of uneventful travel, or people hold up in a castle for a month when nothing interesting happens.
I was thinking of watching them all again but it's such a time commitment. I remember all the personalities but forget or never even understood the politics. Honestly, I feel caught up.
Geopolitics is an underestimated force. There's a lot of historians who don't actually understand how it works and use it to give flimsy theories a foundation. This video on the other hand was very satisfying. You could present it a bit better but from a mere logical point of view I couldn't find any faults. I thoroughly enjoyed watching and I'd like if someone picked up the idea and did other fantasy worlds.
Got seems like an exception, since grrm has put over 20 years of time into the series, which means that the world has had an a lot of time to develop extreme detail, wether it be geography, religion, history or myth
@@firespur The books hold merit as well, and are arguably better than the mess of the show, which if you did not know is an adaptation of the books, so I don't exactly see how this suggestion has no correlation whatsoever with what he said.
Kavi Sugiharto Weber The show is product of time restraints, monetary restraints and other human limitations. The books are a product of one man’s imagination. A person’s imagination is pretty much infinite, a producer’s and screenwriter’s budget and time are not. The shows may not live up to a man’s imagination, but they do add up to one of the greatest TV shows that has ever graced our televisions. I say this as a book reader and as an actor.
Actually, this would be fairly common knowledge for the upper class of Westeros, especially leaders. They *need* to know geopolitics so they can do anything successfully in war, and trade and alliance would be governed by this as well. You don't try to instruct politicians on politics. It's like an artist that doesn't know how to properly hold a pencil. If they don't know it, there's no point in trying to instruct them as they're spelling out their own doom.
The Seneschalk or Bailey. Remembers all the houses of the 7 Kingdoms, announces everyone when they enter the King's Hall on the formal meetings. Runs a small army of Paiges in Kings errands.
@@gone41214 nevertheless, kings and rulers had advisors, ever since they exist. Nobody knows everything and inheriting the throne does not make you a strategic genius, nor does it make you an idiot. They need advisors.
11:25 The Lannister gold mines being depleted was an invention of the show. According to G.R.R.M, they are still active in the books, and the Lannisters are still the richest house in Westeros.
It is not as near as interesting after the Free Cities- the lands generally either stay apart or constantly fend off old enemies like the three cities on the roads through the Bone Mountains. Until Daenerys shook up the slaver cities, nothing much had happenned since the Century of Blood
Well the Ghiscari cities have geopolitic to, they live in an landscape where the slave trade is pretty much their economy due to the dry lands, we have the Dotraki fking everyone around them and destroying knowleadge thus some cities adapted to defend them. Not to mention places like the Golden Empire of Yi Ti are extremly interesting, we know lot less but it's more than enough to make a similar video
one more super interesting note: Geopolitics can be discovered at deeper levels in the books. For example: The house in the Iron Islands that is tolerant of the faith and westeros and sides with Asha (who clearly wants to settle for peace as opposed to Victarion) because their lands have benefited a lot from the trade whereas other (rebel) islands didn't.
Outstanding! Two of my favorites combine: Game of Thrones and Caspian Report. Very well done, my friend. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!
Oh my god. This is amazing... What happens when my favorite geopolitical analyst meets my favorite peace of fiction? pure genius. Thank you for this masterpiece!
If GOT is good enough for BazBattles and Kings and Generals, why not CaspianReport? I mean, really, GRRM created the most realistic fantasy setting ever.
Nah mate, just the most popular. Take it from a lifelong fantasy nerd, there are better world builders out there. Check out Erikson's 'Malazan book of the Fallen', or an equally impressive 'The Gentlemans bastards' by Scott Lynch. I'd rate both over Got.
This was pretty cool! I've never really been into GoT but I've always liked the idea of analyzing the geopolitics of fictional worlds and countries. I'd love to see one of these for Avatar The Last Airbender or The Legend of Korra!
Well I'm pretty sure that the first men are a parallel to the Celts and that the Andals are the Anglo-Saxons, so you can think of yourself as a Stark if you would prefer? It doesn't help that HBO keeps casting people with Scottish accents as wildlings of course.
Shirvan, it’s not true that the Lannister gold mines are drying up, that’s some fanfic from the show. They explain that they’re still remains plenty of gold veins that are still untouched in Casterly Rock alone.
@James Gravil Tywin wants to be on top, after seeing how weak his father was and how insane his friend Aerys was becoming on the throne, not to mention the numerous insults endured, including Aerys refusing to wed Cersei and Rheagar. He is driven not to be anyone's servant.
As a great fan of Game of Thrones, and a Law student who definetily loves politics, I can’t spare cheers on this video. Just spectacular analysis I would never be able to do neither close to, with my current knowledge. Subscribed!
There is a pretty decent Crusader Kings 2 mod for GoT. But it does lack a bit of the geopolitcal side, since the game focuses more on characters and warfare than resources etc.
I love your channel and have been pleasantly surprised by this, I have always found the geopolitics of the ASOIF universe fascinating and have been obsessed with it for over a decade, but I never thought that a channel like yours would tie it together to wonderfully. Sharing this to all my friends!
It is honestly absurd to say that the Reach being able to field the largest armies is rendered inconsequential because of its fields…. Like, what? Anyone attacking would still have to attack their fortified cities and castles and would be doing so at a numerical disadvantage. Natural defenses are a force multiplier; that doesn’t mean your army strength decreases via a negative force multiplier if you don’t have natural defenses. The vast manpower of the Reach would easily be able to outbuild palisades and defensive structures in response to any attacking force, thus generating a defensive force multiplier. An attacking force still generally needs a greater number than a defensive force even when there are no natural defenses. The Reach would also field the largest heavy cavalry and would crush any light cavalry attempts at hit and run. And claiming since the Reach is ‘flanked’ by six neighbors (it is absurd to include the Iron Islands), then this means their large army is also inconsequential is also extremely absurd. Why would all six neighbors start attacking the Reach? Why wouldn’t they attack other places? No crap if the entire realm teams up to attack you then you are at a disadvantage, but this is an extremely poor analysis. The Reach having the largest armies also means that they have a greater potential for attack. Also, the Reach is wealthier than the Westerlands. Saying that Westerlands having a greater GDP per capita means they are wealthier is absurd. By this logic, Luxembourg is wealthier than the USA. Also, I seriously doubt the Westerlands has a true higher gdp per capita; that is, a simple total wealth divided by number of inhabitants might put this number higher, it is simply absurd to think wealth is distributed as such. The Lannisters undoubtedly take more wealth and concentrate to themselves relative to the Reach, because they own all the gold mines. The people in the Reach have a more distributed, and thus superior, system of wealth due to the farm lands and productive lands being spread out You even admit the power structure is more centralized in the Westerlands, meaning the wealth is very likely to be heavily concentrated among the higher nobility and especially so amongst the Lannisters.
18:07 Winters lasting twice as long as summers. Never heard that before. I thought seasons are just irregular. Never does it say Winters last twice as long as summers.
Shirvan, I have been an avid follower of yours for 4 years. I love the seriousness, objectivity and amount of thought you put into each report. But I must say this is such a pleasant surprise!
The Dragons aren't useless, season 7 spoilers ahead, as demonstrated in the episode "Spoils of War". If you lead an enemy army out into the open, they're toast.
Dragons are fucking insane. They’re ridiculously OP. You basically don’t need armies if you have a couple of them. (See the Targaryen conquest of Westeros)
Thank you shirvan, your video helped in getting in the mood for the final season, which I was struggling with, since the last 3 seasons nearly made me giving up on the show.
A wonderful idea, Shirwan! I have thoroughly enjoyed it. :) Without doubt yours is the best geopolitical oriented channel out there. Thank you for all your work!
Actually it is upside down britain and westeros is about 4700 miles not KM for it is basically the size of south america or roughly 8000 km. Anyways 3:13 continue.
I never thought that Shirvan is a game of thrones nerd! I love this channel, so glad I came across your channel two years ago and watched it grow. keep up the good work.
This was quite interesting actually. When i saw the title i thought oh no another game of thrones related video but the quality of your research is always top class Shirvan. Thanks for such great content!
When this came up on my feed, I thought it was a video from an alternate dimension. Having watched it, I commend you. As usual you did solid work explaining the relationships between geographies, sovereigns, historical conflicts and future strife.
If world building is your game you should buy a copy of a world of ice and fire. It's like a massive book about westrosi/essosi politics current and historical and all of it is cannon
Your point at 7:50 about the Red Mountains acting as a topographical barrier shielding Dorne from outside influence is also analogous with something in Ireland. The Drumlin Belt across the width of the island of Ireland from Sligo bay in the west to Carlington Lough in the east has acted as a natural border dividing the northern 1/3 of the island from the rest. Environmental Determinism like this has played a part in shaping the north of Ireland. The at-times thick, impenetrable wooded area in this strip of hilley land allowed small kingdoms like Brefni and Oriel to operate largely independently of the larger provincial kingdoms that they were nominally in; which wavered over time from Ulster in the north to Meath in the south. Cultural traits in the northern 1/3 of the island resembled more those from Scotland - adjacent across a narrow sea - than those on the other side of the Drumlin Belt. Most notably the accent.
A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. I'd just clarify that the Crown (Lannisters) is in debt to the Lannisters and the Iron bank, so half of the debt is not concerning for the Crown. Also, in the books the mines did not run dry but the mining operations were halted by Stark raiding.
11:25 The Westerlands gold mines running dry are an invention of the tv show. According to George R.R. Martin, the Lannisters are still the richest house in the realm.
@@jascrandom9855 The show and the books may be two different things, but the books are the canonical version of events. So, stating information that is only relevant in the show doesn't accurately reflect the geopolitics of Martin's world.
Hahaha, i fell off my chair laughing when i saw this in my feed, i always thought that u only did real-life geopolitics, i dont complain, just, how do i put this….. Unexpected, great vid anyway
Hey that's a great change. I love it. Please analise the continent of Essos next!! Although I don't even know if George R R Martins himself knows where it ends.
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Never in a million years thought you would make this video
yet so satisying
400th like.
Because you have no belief :)
I agree. I never thought Shirvan would actually make this video. I'm actually stunned
but so well made and almost REAL!!!
The fact that one can analyse the geopolitics of Westeros and make logical conclusions based on that just adds to George RR Martins attention to detail and intellect
Or it shows how great fans are in interpreting fictional work and spinning their own fan theories. I am sure he would even be able to make a geopolitical video about Harry Potter or Star Wars if he wanted to.
@@Weltenbastler2000 if you read the books you'll understand how detailed the world Geroge R.R Martin created is.
The show is nothing compared to the books. The books are on another level.
@@arraikcruor6407 Agreed, it is truly a hole of which the true depth is unknown to anyone but George
@@samuelschonenberger Yes, and even George may not entirely know.
"But in Game of Thrones the wall keeps out a supernatural race of the undead..." the Scots aren't that bad.
I think the wall and the unexplored territory beyond can be more relatable to Siberia or Antarctica.
Should have waited until April 1st and presented this as a normal report.
Ah fuck this is too good
He can always promote it in April.
Legit genius man.
It will definetly blow up since it so near to april.
It's too late maybe he should do Spongebob.
I thought I was tripping when I saw this, but fascinating nonetheless. Time to grab the popcorn
I know right! I am going to rewatch it tonight with some weed! :o
EXACTLY. I clicked on my update icon and read 'caspian report - Game of thrones' and my brain instantly went "Nah you saw that wrong. Must be a new screen junkies video or something" :-D
I strongly recommend all of you to buy A Song of Ice and Fire, all five books.
@@Brandonhayhew Already done. Could you tell George RR Martin though we would apreciate it if he wrote the last 2 books at some point in time? ;-)
@@DarkHarlequin or we could all form a petition for to raise awareness or fundraising to make GRRM to agree to make a total war game like warhammer TW, abd new books not just two last books but new books like Eliss Farman's adventure and dance of dragons.
19:17 Besieging King's Landing would result in a heavy loss of life, which is something the Targeryen ruler wants to avoid.
How funny to say this now!
Fire and Blood.
@@TricksterPoi I call bullish writing. Daenerys' turn to the dark side in the last season was so badly done that it's painful to watch.
It just show how much the last season doesn't align with the whole development. They twist things for the sake of twisting
@@e1123581321345589144 I call it bullshit writing the moment they invented teleporting characters and supersonic ravens in Westeros
@@darrenblack5541 If you read the books you'll notice that George RR Martin specifically states that scenes may happen weeks, months, or even years apart.
There's no teleportation or supersonic ravens, it's just that the story is not presented in a linear manner.
And that's quite common in fiction. Authors tend to skip 6 days of uneventful travel, or people hold up in a castle for a month when nothing interesting happens.
Holy shit. I am watching all seasons again to get ready for the final season, and then you come along and drop this. You are amazing.
I was thinking of watching them all again but it's such a time commitment. I remember all the personalities but forget or never even understood the politics. Honestly, I feel caught up.
i am reding the books as well
Read the books, you will stop watching the series and start waiting for the new book.
@@cameronrhanna just watch the recaps..write GOT CRAMMED SEASON 1...G8 VIDS
How disappointed were you?
Applying geopolitics to a fantasy world? What an awesome idea!
i heard it on a geopolitical futures podcast i think or maybe it was stratfor i can't remember
Geopolitics is an underestimated force. There's a lot of historians who don't actually understand how it works and use it to give flimsy theories a foundation. This video on the other hand was very satisfying. You could present it a bit better but from a mere logical point of view I couldn't find any faults. I thoroughly enjoyed watching and I'd like if someone picked up the idea and did other fantasy worlds.
not really. Most are not interresting because the author doesn't know much. Game of Thrones is the exception and even so it's not perfect
Proving geopolitical analysis is bullshit
Got seems like an exception, since grrm has put over 20 years of time into the series, which means that the world has had an a lot of time to develop extreme detail, wether it be geography, religion, history or myth
Analysis of fictional medivial landscapes from Caspian report ? Now that's what I call promotional video.
(Edit : First to comment).
Very annoying.
HBO have a really, really good marketing department.
HBO got their hands first on game of thrones from Martin, and they answered his question about who is jon's mother and they got it correct.
@@HighSpeedNoDrag Indeed it is. I thought of channel as genuine morally ethically and uncompromising.
@Allahverdi Verdizade HBO Seems to want gather every Penny they can get.
Simply out of this world. Can't believe I just watched a Caspian Report on Game of Thrones geopolitics. Pure joy.
One of my most favorite TV show meets one of my most favorite channels 😀
Read the books
Kavi Sugiharto Weber that has nothing to do with what he said
@@firespur The books hold merit as well, and are arguably better than the mess of the show, which if you did not know is an adaptation of the books, so I don't exactly see how this suggestion has no correlation whatsoever with what he said.
Kavi Sugiharto Weber The show is product of time restraints, monetary restraints and other human limitations. The books are a product of one man’s imagination.
A person’s imagination is pretty much infinite, a producer’s and screenwriter’s budget and time are not.
The shows may not live up to a man’s imagination, but they do add up to one of the greatest TV shows that has ever graced our televisions.
I say this as a book reader and as an actor.
@@jamesgreen5948 Fair point
Never in a million years thought you would make this video, but I love it.
You would be a priceless advisor to the Kings
And probably get beheaded in 10 minutes for it.
His head would be neutralized for being too neutral :)
Actually, this would be fairly common knowledge for the upper class of Westeros, especially leaders. They *need* to know geopolitics so they can do anything successfully in war, and trade and alliance would be governed by this as well. You don't try to instruct politicians on politics. It's like an artist that doesn't know how to properly hold a pencil. If they don't know it, there's no point in trying to instruct them as they're spelling out their own doom.
The Seneschalk or Bailey. Remembers all the houses of the 7 Kingdoms, announces everyone when they enter the King's Hall on the formal meetings. Runs a small army of Paiges in Kings errands.
@@gone41214 nevertheless, kings and rulers had advisors, ever since they exist. Nobody knows everything and inheriting the throne does not make you a strategic genius, nor does it make you an idiot. They need advisors.
11:25 The Lannister gold mines being depleted was an invention of the show. According to G.R.R.M, they are still active in the books, and the Lannisters are still the richest house in Westeros.
According to grrm , the books should have all been released by now so let’s take what he says with grain of salt
Can we also have a geopolitics of essos? thanks mate is was awesome
It is not as near as interesting after the Free Cities- the lands generally either stay apart or constantly fend off old enemies like the three cities on the roads through the Bone Mountains. Until Daenerys shook up the slaver cities, nothing much had happenned since the Century of Blood
Well the Ghiscari cities have geopolitic to, they live in an landscape where the slave trade is pretty much their economy due to the dry lands, we have the Dotraki fking everyone around them and destroying knowleadge thus some cities adapted to defend them. Not to mention places like the Golden Empire of Yi Ti are extremly interesting, we know lot less but it's more than enough to make a similar video
@@SantomPh only the triarchy happened, but the century of Blood was only 400-300 years ago
one more super interesting note: Geopolitics can be discovered at deeper levels in the books. For example: The house in the Iron Islands that is tolerant of the faith and westeros and sides with Asha (who clearly wants to settle for peace as opposed to Victarion) because their lands have benefited a lot from the trade whereas other (rebel) islands didn't.
Thanks for this mate. Just in time
Outstanding! Two of my favorites combine: Game of Thrones and Caspian Report. Very well done, my friend. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!
This was so well done. The fact that you took it seriously made it a lot of fun.
Oh my god. This is amazing... What happens when my favorite geopolitical analyst meets my favorite peace of fiction? pure genius. Thank you for this masterpiece!
If GOT is good enough for BazBattles and Kings and Generals, why not CaspianReport? I mean, really, GRRM created the most realistic fantasy setting ever.
Nah mate, just the most popular. Take it from a lifelong fantasy nerd, there are better world builders out there. Check out Erikson's 'Malazan book of the Fallen', or an equally impressive 'The Gentlemans bastards' by Scott Lynch. I'd rate both over Got.
@@fatalshore5068 Thanks for the suggestion. GoT is my favorite series ever, if anything is better, I want to know about it.
@@fatalshore5068 I am guessing you've never actually read the books, 5 main, world of ice and fire, fire and blood
@@farahejaz573 lol i read them before you had even heard of game of thrones.
Just discovered this channel through this video and this is exactly the geopolitical analysis channel I have been looking for all these years
This was pretty cool! I've never really been into GoT but I've always liked the idea of analyzing the geopolitics of fictional worlds and countries. I'd love to see one of these for Avatar The Last Airbender or The Legend of Korra!
Wow I would never think this would come from you.. great job
I've always suspected that the wildings were us Scots. I'd like to argue that that's inaccurate but...*shrug*
Well I'm pretty sure that the first men are a parallel to the Celts and that the Andals are the Anglo-Saxons, so you can think of yourself as a Stark if you would prefer? It doesn't help that HBO keeps casting people with Scottish accents as wildlings of course.
@@adavidavis2762 Wildings? We are free! You kneer can keep on kneeling! FUCK THE KING!
@@Verpal I like this one... lol
I've thought about this and I suspect the Wildlings are in fact the Norse who colonised parts of Scotland.
Ragnar is Ice king? He was revived from snake pit?
My father won the real war. He killed Prince Rhaegar! He took the crown! While you hid under Caspian Rock!
How about the geopolitics of Tamriel, from the Elder Scrolls?
Now that's a tough and awesome one.
You should do Essos next. Tons of history and neat geographical features there.
Shirvan, it’s not true that the Lannister gold mines are drying up, that’s some fanfic from the show. They explain that they’re still remains plenty of gold veins that are still untouched in Casterly Rock alone.
In the books, yeah, but this is a show based video
James Gravil The Lannister’s are so desperate is due to Tyson’s ambition and his kids ambition alone. The gold is just a tool for him to use.
@James Gravil Tywin wants to be on top, after seeing how weak his father was and how insane his friend Aerys was becoming on the throne, not to mention the numerous insults endured, including Aerys refusing to wed Cersei and Rheagar. He is driven not to be anyone's servant.
As a great fan of Game of Thrones, and a Law student who definetily loves politics, I can’t spare cheers on this video. Just spectacular analysis I would never be able to do neither close to, with my current knowledge. Subscribed!
What you never thought you needed but turns out to be just what you wanted...a caspian report on Westeros. Very nice😁
I'm a simple man, I see a video from Caspian Report on Game of Thrones, I like it.
Excellent work! Just a thought, a Westeros based strategy game involving geopolitical intricacies would be awesome.
There is a pretty decent Crusader Kings 2 mod for GoT. But it does lack a bit of the geopolitcal side, since the game focuses more on characters and warfare than resources etc.
skulljoked but on the other hand you can get Khal Drogo killing Gregor Clegane in single combat...
Have you played Game of Thrones the Board game?
I've been a viewer since about 2015-2016. You're one of my favorite channels. And we are blessed you decided to do THIS! Thank you so much!!! 😃
This is your best video by far.
I'm a massive fan of this world and your contribution made my day 💗
I love your channel and have been pleasantly surprised by this, I have always found the geopolitics of the ASOIF universe fascinating and have been obsessed with it for over a decade, but I never thought that a channel like yours would tie it together to wonderfully. Sharing this to all my friends!
This video was really cool. I find this sort of 'dry' geopolitics really interesting and it's why I like you channel. Good job!
I see you're trying to get that bread with a wider fanbase. I approve.
Put this in the category, "Things I didnt expect but gladly welcome"
Fascinating and inspired analysis from Shirvan and Caspian Report - very timely and well done!
It is honestly absurd to say that the Reach being able to field the largest armies is rendered inconsequential because of its fields…. Like, what?
Anyone attacking would still have to attack their fortified cities and castles and would be doing so at a numerical disadvantage.
Natural defenses are a force multiplier; that doesn’t mean your army strength decreases via a negative force multiplier if you don’t have natural defenses.
The vast manpower of the Reach would easily be able to outbuild palisades and defensive structures in response to any attacking force, thus generating a defensive force multiplier. An attacking force still generally needs a greater number than a defensive force even when there are no natural defenses.
The Reach would also field the largest heavy cavalry and would crush any light cavalry attempts at hit and run.
And claiming since the Reach is ‘flanked’ by six neighbors (it is absurd to include the Iron Islands), then this means their large army is also inconsequential is also extremely absurd.
Why would all six neighbors start attacking the Reach? Why wouldn’t they attack other places?
No crap if the entire realm teams up to attack you then you are at a disadvantage, but this is an extremely poor analysis.
The Reach having the largest armies also means that they have a greater potential for attack.
Also, the Reach is wealthier than the Westerlands. Saying that Westerlands having a greater GDP per capita means they are wealthier is absurd. By this logic, Luxembourg is wealthier than the USA.
Also, I seriously doubt the Westerlands has a true higher gdp per capita; that is, a simple total wealth divided by number of inhabitants might put this number higher, it is simply absurd to think wealth is distributed as such.
The Lannisters undoubtedly take more wealth and concentrate to themselves relative to the Reach, because they own all the gold mines.
The people in the Reach have a more distributed, and thus superior, system of wealth due to the farm lands and productive lands being spread out
You even admit the power structure is more centralized in the Westerlands, meaning the wealth is very likely to be heavily concentrated among the higher nobility and especially so amongst the Lannisters.
I really like the map graphics, there are so many different historical geopolitical reports you could make keep up the good work
Love fictional geopolitics. Do some alternate history next: I recommend Look to the West by Thomas Anderson because it's ridiculously detailed.
April is the beginning of the ending of the Avengers and Game of Thrones.
Avengers will never end, Disney will milk that for decades
18:07
Winters lasting twice as long as summers. Never heard that before. I thought seasons are just irregular. Never does it say Winters last twice as long as summers.
Well the “ long night” only lasted like a day so who knows
I think its in books
Amazing episode thanks for making it! Huge fan of GoT, and a huge fan of your CaspianReport.
Shirvan, I have been an avid follower of yours for 4 years. I love the seriousness, objectivity and amount of thought you put into each report. But I must say this is such a pleasant surprise!
The Dragons aren't useless, season 7 spoilers ahead, as demonstrated in the episode "Spoils of War". If you lead an enemy army out into the open, they're toast.
Dragons are fucking insane. They’re ridiculously OP. You basically don’t need armies if you have a couple of them. (See the Targaryen conquest of Westeros)
2:53 these three rivers are also near where there are three similar sister rivers in the southwest of ireland
Why didn't you made this video 3 years back .. I searched about these kingdoms for like 2 months still this video has more information
The best GoT 1 minute summary I have ever encountered. Good job!
Thank you shirvan, your video helped in getting in the mood for the final season, which I was struggling with, since the last 3 seasons nearly made me giving up on the show.
A wonderful idea, Shirwan! I have thoroughly enjoyed it. :)
Without doubt yours is the best geopolitical oriented channel out there. Thank you for all your work!
Actually it is upside down britain and westeros is about 4700 miles not KM for it is basically the size of south america or roughly 8000 km. Anyways 3:13 continue.
One of the best videos I've ever seen in youtube.
This was more engaging than the actual TV show. Please do more like this.
I never thought that Shirvan is a game of thrones nerd! I love this channel, so glad I came across your channel two years ago and watched it grow. keep up the good work.
such a cool video idea!
thank you
Unexpected surprise. Made my day! Awesome that you are able to be serious and throw some fun into your channel!
This was quite interesting actually. When i saw the title i thought oh no another game of thrones related video but the quality of your research is always top class Shirvan. Thanks for such great content!
Great work, never thought you would do this....we need more content like this.... Bravo 👍👍
Oberyn Martell casually discussing the geopolitics of Westeros
Excellent summary. One of the very best channels I subscribe to.
This is excellent Shirvan - nice surprise to have a lighter subject, treated very professionally though.
When this came up on my feed, I thought it was a video from an alternate dimension. Having watched it, I commend you. As usual you did solid work explaining the relationships between geographies, sovereigns, historical conflicts and future strife.
Still waiting for TES and the Witcher geopolitics, who agrees?
Oh hell yea man!
Wow, this is an awesome idea! Very good video! But where did you get all the information like population size and GDP?
Wow this is good knowledge for world building in my D&D games, great analysis
If world building is your game you should buy a copy of a world of ice and fire. It's like a massive book about westrosi/essosi politics current and historical and all of it is cannon
Hell yes to this content from a great channel
“Something that the tagaryan leader wants to avoid” 😢
This is awesome. Prepare to go viral! Perhaps this is foreshadowing of a separate channel focused on the geopolitics of GoT?
Your point at 7:50 about the Red Mountains acting as a topographical barrier shielding Dorne from outside influence is also analogous with something in Ireland.
The Drumlin Belt across the width of the island of Ireland from Sligo bay in the west to Carlington Lough in the east has acted as a natural border dividing the northern 1/3 of the island from the rest.
Environmental Determinism like this has played a part in shaping the north of Ireland. The at-times thick, impenetrable wooded area in this strip of hilley land allowed small kingdoms like Brefni and Oriel to operate largely independently of the larger provincial kingdoms that they were nominally in; which wavered over time from Ulster in the north to Meath in the south.
Cultural traits in the northern 1/3 of the island resembled more those from Scotland - adjacent across a narrow sea - than those on the other side of the Drumlin Belt. Most notably the accent.
Brilliant! Very entertaining and informative.
A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
I'd just clarify that the Crown (Lannisters) is in debt to the Lannisters and the Iron bank, so half of the debt is not concerning for the Crown. Also, in the books the mines did not run dry but the mining operations were halted by Stark raiding.
Great video, one of the reason I love Game of Thrones is because of its detailed and complex history and political situation
a very different and very needed video in the game of thrones youtube videos world
Brilliant! And thanks! Loved it!!! :)
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This is nice. I love your videos
What a banging video. Well done.
Next: Lord of the Rings(?) There's only so much to talk about on our real earth
i feel like the earth has way more stories to tell than these fictional universes. Especially if you're willing to dig into the past.
@@lastword8783 Yes the US and the CIA are the modern Lannisters.
That was very very nicely done. You are very talented.
11:25 The Westerlands gold mines running dry are an invention of the tv show. According to George R.R. Martin, the Lannisters are still the richest house in the realm.
Those are two different things.
@@jascrandom9855 The show and the books may be two different things, but the books are the canonical version of events. So, stating information that is only relevant in the show doesn't accurately reflect the geopolitics of Martin's world.
@@derekclinton9438 I was referring to the mines and the Lannister wealth.
The mines running dry doesn't mean that the Lannisters stopped being rich.
Their gold mines are the source of their wealth.
@@derekclinton9438 Their main source. But that doesn't mean their treasury is empty yet.
This was great! :D
Amazing video!
Superb! I enjoyed this a lot! More!
Hahaha, i fell off my chair laughing when i saw this in my feed, i always thought that u only did real-life geopolitics, i dont complain, just, how do i put this….. Unexpected, great vid anyway
Excellent work!
At least he got the prediction correct of Dany's death right.
Haha neo-realism for Westeros. That was amazing Shirvan., you should do Essos next!
Wow! such a good video. Thank you for making this.
Good video, I've wanted to see one that explained this. I won't read the books so this helps a lot.
Wow, interesting to see the geopolitical depth that went into designing this world. Nothing seems far fetched, quite the contrary. Great analysis!
Never expected this
Loved this
You have stolen my heart with this ❤️ thank you !!!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this!
new subscriber! I really liked the work you put in, keep it up!
Epic geopolitical analysis of our beloved show! 👌👍👍😏
You rarely do anything on Britain.you should do a video on the geopolitics of the UK. This was a very interesting piece from you BTW.
This was so good!
Hey that's a great change. I love it. Please analise the continent of Essos next!! Although I don't even know if George R R Martins himself knows where it ends.