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Henrik Fåhraeus

Paradox game director, Stellaris and Victoria 3

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Moderator-assigned “Game Director” flair in r/Stellaris

We retrieved 1501 comments from u/PDX_Wiz, dated 2013 to 2026, most often in r/Stellaris, r/victoria3 and r/paradoxplaza.

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A redditor posted in r/paradoxplaza

Can someone explain the whole "Jan Mayen" thing.

I only recently discovered the "bearhaslanded" console command in eu4 and the resulting nation of Jan Mayen, and just read that something similar has been added to the new Vicky2 beta patch. Am I right in assuming this is some sort of in-joke at Paradox? I'm really confused…

u/pdx_wiz replied

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When I was new at Paradox, one of my first assignments was to help with Heart of Darkness, which was in crunch/panic mode. One late night during that crunch, I noticed that the province of Jan Mayen not only existed but had 40k pop (it was set to temperate back then). After googling Jan Mayen I asked podcat why on earth it was even a province, and he trollingly replied 'you're right, it should be a country'.

Ten minutes later, I sent him a screenshot of the new country of Jan Mayen, complete with polar bear flag.

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “WeAre the developers of Europa Universalis IV - just about to release a huge new expansion AMA!”

Why doesn't Europa Universalis IV have more cat events?

u/pdx_wiz replied

Cats were not invented until 1838, along with monocles and top hats.

A redditor wrote in r/eu4

On “TIL that navies can prevent ZoC recapture”

I wonder whether it's an oversight or an intended feature. I assume It's because the game considers it as a friendly unit staying in the province which blocks automatic reoccupation.

u/pdx_wiz replied

As the person who wrote a good chunk of the ZoC code in ages long gone I can tell you that this is 100% an oversight, it definitely just checks for hostile units without looking at whether they are boats.