How does one go from this

How does one go from this

to this

and then to this

You tell me.

Fuck l*thuania tho.

Why did you draw the orange blob over what looks to have been a decent map?

They just conquered a bunch of slavic duchies weakened by mongol fucking shits. They didnt have numbers or culture or tech to maintain their control over such large area.

because fuck them that's why

Gee I wonder what could have happened to that big weak country surrounded by strong nations

Really makes me think

true. tho belarus is rightful lithuanian clay

belarus should be split between real countries around it

>poo poo pee pee

>PLC
>weak country
What ? Politically yes, because of the elective monarchy, but it was one of the strongest countries in Europe
It just got gangbanged with no chill

it stopped being a strong country in the middle of 17th century. After that nobody paid taxes and the country had no army, little turds like prussia or saxony had comparable armies.

Honestly there's nothing there, lets just take Brześć because its close to the border and leave the rest for Russia and Lithuania

No it wasnt in the 18th century, at that point it was just waiting for being eaten.
>outdated tech
>literally everything in debt
>no army because king disbanded it
>fucking civil wars inside
>liberum veto
>corrupt szlachta

There was no saving it, it just had to happen

Why do you call it a republic if it was a monarchy?

Democracy

Bong btfo

it was something in between, a bit like british and dutch """"monarchies""""

Because it was ruled mostly by szlachta, your typical nobles.

The king could literally do nothing without szlachta.

>pooland
>stronk

>ukraine
>a country
>having the right to say who is strong and who is weak

Why does Sup Forums give flag to a Russian oblast?

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I love you all ukrainian animals. Now go back and clean my toilet :) U like tulipany?

Is toilet cleaning your fetish or what?
Must be the reason you are so good at it.