No occupying force has been able to conquer the Baltic Coast without immense difficulty and stubbornness from the native populations.
I'm in Estonia. Our ancestors were savages who raided the vikings. In 967, we kidnapped a Norwegian queen and prince and held them for ransom. Danish church prayers had verses in them asking God to protect Denmark from Estonians. Crusaders wrote in their chronicles that these were dark, sunless lands where devils lived in the woods. In the 1343 Jüriöö uprising, nearly every German man, woman and child in the western half of the country was systematically murdered by the natives and that glorious day is still celebrated today. Romans reached these lands but didn't dare to settle here because they thought the edge of the world was near.
Millennia of turmoil, countless wars and uprisings and here we are, living free. This Russian expat in Finland wants to be an armchair general for some fantasy conquest? Try it, see what happens.
Let the Balts have their birch trees and beets.
In addition to birches and beets, Estonia has Europe's largest phosphorus deposits and the world's largest easily accessible oil shale deposits.
The top of the pyramid is likely non-human so aliens are very relevant to Q, who also confirmed their existence.
There's a book called The Gods of Eden where the author makes a compelling case that the best explanation to humanity's unbelievably corrupt and violent past is an external force playing divide and conquer. The human part of the cabal are just traitorous lackeys and middle managers.
Let me guess, you think it's never been properly tried before.