diff --git a/ParadoxSaveParser.Lib/SaveParserEU4.cs b/ParadoxSaveParser.Lib/SaveParserEU4.cs
index 005f262..899f67d 100644
--- a/ParadoxSaveParser.Lib/SaveParserEU4.cs
+++ b/ParadoxSaveParser.Lib/SaveParserEU4.cs
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ public class SaveParserEU4
         }
     }
 
+    private static bool IsEmptyCollection(object value)
+        => value is Dictionary<string, List<object>> { Count: 0 } or List<object> { Count: 0 };
+
     // doesn't move next
     private object ParseListOrDict()
     {
@@ -249,6 +252,10 @@ public class SaveParserEU4
             _searchExprCurrent = searchExprPrev;
             if (value is null)
                 break;
+
+            // do dot add empty collections into list
+            if (IsEmptyCollection(value))
+                continue;
             
             list.Add(value);
         }
@@ -326,6 +333,10 @@ public class SaveParserEU4
                 dict.Add(keyStr, list);
             }
 
+            
+            // do dot add empty collections into list
+            if (IsEmptyCollection(value))
+                continue;
             list.Add(value);
         }