[2023] No sound on new PC

Run the game up then alt-tab out to the desktop. Right click on the speaker icon in the taskbar , open volume mixer. Scroll across until you see the game - check it is not muted or set at a really low level.


If that is not the problem,
DXDIAG is a program you run from the Windows search box on the task bar. After running it will open a window and start collecting info with a progress bar in the lower-left corner. When it completes click the 'save all information' button and save it to a file then attach that file here.

Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/EU4/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/EU4/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log .  

In that dxdiag the sound is set to:

Luidsprekers (UMC404HD 192k)

which I think are plugged into a USB port. I see no installed driver for the monitor speakers, the other two options there are:

Digitale audio (HDMI) (High Definition Audio Device)
Realtek Digital Output (Realtek(R) Audio)

In general that last one would be the best choice, it's presumably the built-in sound hardware in the computer's system board. Can you try that channel as your sound output please?  

Hard to see why the sound setup would affect the map.

You could try deleting everything in the Documents/Paradox Interactive/EU4 folders except any valued save games.