Comments - willdesmond27

I also recommend having it be so France is renamed 'The French Empire' when it's an Absolute Monarchy and maybe a Semi-Constitutional one so as to signify Napoleon III renaming the country the Second French Empire upon becoming Emperor.

6. French Irredentism
This decision would be based off the French Revolutionary concept of 'Natural Borders'.

I will say off the bat that the pre-requisites may need to be changed, but the effects should be good.

Decision: Natural Borders
Prerequisites:
-Have invented Nationalism and Imperialism
-Prestige at least 200
-Have invented Romanticism
-Military Score at least 150
-Have Fascist Dictatorship OR Bourgeois Dictatorship and have invented Mass Politics OR Absolute Monarchy and ruling party is conservative and have invented Mass Politics
Effects:
-Flanders: France gains as core
-Wallonia: France gains as core
-Rheinland: France gains as core
-Palatinate: France gains as core
-Zeeland: France gains as core
-Gain 10 prestige
-Gain 20 infamy

Claim the land annexed by Napoleon I
Prerequisites:
-Have invented Mass Politics
-Have prestige of 350
-Have Absolute Monarchy OR Fascist Dictatorship
-Own Maastricht/Limburg
-Own Brussels
-Own Trier
-Own Saarbrucken
-Own Tournai
-Own Nice
-For all core provinces owned by France
Effects:
-Catalonia: France gains as core
-Dalmata: France gains as core
-Istria: France gains as core
-Piedmont: France gains as core
-Tuscany: France gains as core
-Holland: France gains as core
-Friesland: France gains as core
-Gain core on Parma
-Gain core on Rome
-Gain core on Viterbo
-Gain core on Nordhorn
-Gain core on Emden
-Gain core on Bremen
-Gain core on Oldenburg
-Gain core on Cloppenburg
-Gain core on Lingen
-Gain core on Hamburg
-Gain 50 prestige
-Gain 25 infamy

These may sound extreme, but it's based off what Napoleon annexed during his wars. Changing the pre-requisites and some cores to make them a little less OP would probably be in order though.

The assimilation point isn't about that they'd be assimilated into the host nation without a core country, but that historically they assimilated into the host nation.

It would definitely make the economics of the game more realistic (Idk if that's the best word for it), by having Protectionist policies result in your home economy develop more effectively if your industry or RGOs are more expensive than foreign ones, but have the adverse effect if your RGOs and industry are less expensive than foreign ones. The opposite for Free Trade.

Adding in Tariff Wars might also be a nice development and maybe make protectionism less effective. I don't know how you would though, so this might not be possible ;)

The Catalan had a separate identity since Aragon. They have a separate history, language and culture. I'm not saying whether I support Catalan independence or not, but I am saying that there's no doubt that Catalans are a different cultural group from Castilian Spaniards.

*For the Treaty of Kiel decision, I mean own the two Schleswig provinces Denmark has cores on. This wouldn't include Heligoland.

1. Basques are ethnically different from...well everybody in Western Europe. So it wouldn't make sense if they were the same culture as Spaniards.
2. Catalonia, unlike Andalusians and Asturians, had a well established Nationalist movement, and still does.

For 4, that stuff already happens, except Gibraltar.

Few suggestions:

1. Adding Ulster
I notice that if you release Ireland as the U.K, the Brits there start assimilating. I don't feel this is an issue for Leinster, Munster and Connacht, but I feel like there should be an Ulster nation in Ulster State to prevent British assimilation there if Ireland is released.

2. Greater Belgium
A decision for Belgium, if they're a Great Power, have Nationalism and Imperialism, don't own Limburg and Luxembourg, an Absolute Monarchy or a Fascist Dictatorship, and if the Dutch aren't great powers, to break the Treaty of London and re-gain cores on Limburg and Luxembourg at the expense of 10 infamy and -100 relations with all Great Powers and -400 with Netherlands could be a good idea. Another decision which only appears if Belgium is a Great Power, owns Limburg and Luxembourg, is an Absolute Monarchy or a Fascist Dictatorship, has Nationalism and Imperialism and has more than 100 prestige would give Belgium cores on Artois, Zeeland and Eupen-Malmedy would also be nice.

3. Break the Treaty of Kiel
A decision for Denmark to break the Treaty of Kiel which ended the Napoleonic Wars and had Norway separate off Denmark. Denmark, if they're an Absolute Monarchy, have more prestige than 100, own Schleswig state, have Nationalism and Imperialism, and are a Great Power, will get cores on all of Norway at the expense of 5 infamy and -200 relations with the Great Powers and the Scandinavian nations.

4. Unite Nigeria
An option for the Nigerian states of Oyo, Aro, Calabar, Benin and Warri to choose to become Nigeria and gain cores on all of what is now Nigeria, along with accepted cultures. Sokoto would get a similar decision, only instead of becoming Nigeria, they just gain cores on all of Nigeria (Like the Mughals with India).

5. Romania
I'm thinking of an addition for Romania, given how, along with Germany and Italy, they were one of the important national unifications of the period. I think that, upon becoming Romania, there should be a decision called 'Alexandru Ioan Cuza's Reforms'
Prerequisites: Have State and Government, Own Iasi, Own Bucharest
Results: Slavery is abolished, Debtor's Prison selected as Bankruptcy Reform, Voting becomes Wealth, Political Parties becomes Gerrymandering, Press becomes Censored Press, Basic School System, Romania becomes a Semi-Constitutional Monarchy, and National Value changes to Order

Thanks for reading if you did, love the mod still!

There's a decision to "Claim the Tisa" which gives Romania cores on Debrecen, Szeged, Bor, Pancevo and some other province. So yes, you get that core back eventually if you choose the decision.

As for Aromanians, the developer has already made clear that he would not like to add them in as they assimilated very effectively into their host nation (Aromanians in Greece assimilated into Greek culture, Aromanians in Albania assimilated into Albanian culture, etc. etc.).

I agree, seems odd how Dixie and Texan are accepted, but not Alaskan given how many (Despite not all) being protestant and, like you said, being in the American culture group. Maybe they're supposed to represent the Russian settlers though and that's why.

As for Gwadar, seems like an Indian or Pakistani decision to demand Gwadar would make more sense than initially having cores on the province given how the province was heavily Omani/Arab rather than South Asian I believe.

Not the developer, but about Serbia. Serbia is small as hell at the start, but you're lucky since Russia has a habit of sphering you and allying you. Use this to your advantage. When the Ottomans are at war with somebody like Egypt or Romania, declare war to take Bosnia. Be sure that Russia will help tho, and if they don't reload a past save game. All you have to do then is avoid Ottoman armies and occupy a few provinces while the Russians do the heavy lifting. You should get Bosnia and maybe Southern Serbia in the peace deal. Do the same for Austria, attack them with Russia when they're at war with France or Prussia. Be more careful with the Austrians though, they're tougher cookies. You should take Vojvodina as with maybe parts of Croatia. From here, you should be good for the game, because you have a good territorial base and have a naval base to establish colonies further.

I'd personally argue the opposite. Chile was considered to be the Prussia of South America as they established a very regimented and efficient military command and force based off the Prussian model and von Moltke the Elder's reforms. They also reformed their military quite quickly compared to neighboring nations like Peru, having ironclads by the 1870's I believe. This partially explains the order value, as it gives a bonus to the military, but Chile was also (de facto) led by Diego Portales at the start of the game, who established an authoritarian system aimed primarily at order and societal structure than personal freedom and liberty (All though the institutions he established would forward those ideals upon his death).

Same thing happened to me during my Qing Campaign. I decided to just enable it to test it out. What happened to me was that Britain annexed them after like 3-5 years (I wasn't really watching India so I don't know for sure). So I thought "Okay, that was useless", but then all of the princely states and land gained in India were given to the EIC like Hyderabad, the Sikh Empire and Kashmir, plus it was totally independent of Britain. So I essentially nerfed Britain without even trying to. Great idea, but needs better implementation. Maybe make Bengal and Assam controlled by the Crown because that's where British influence was most profound while the rest of the British possessions are controlled by the Company until the British select the 'Empress of India' decision?

Also, that 1816 date sounds super cool, but the issue with that is that it is just a ton of work, so I really don't blame him if he doesn't go through with it, all though it would be awesome if he did so we can do some Latin American wars of independence and Russo-Persian Wars.

Will you ever be adding some sort of system for the tributary states of the Qing during this period? From what I've seen, Siam, Luang Prabang, Vietnam, Burma, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Lanfang were all tributary states despite not being direct vassals like Korea. Potentially you could add in something where a certain portion of the tributary state's economy goes to the Qing, which should be allowed because the Punitive measures allow for certain amounts of cash to be taken from the Qing by Europeans. Maybe 5-10% of the revenue of these nations could be given to the Qing. Added to that, they also gain a small research point detriment.

Ways to get out of the tributary system could be that either you are sphered by another nation for a certain amount of time (Maybe 10 years), westernization, or a decision. I think adding a decision for Siam to leave the tributary system when Rama VI comes along may be a good idea, as with maybe adding another one for them to leave the Mandala System. And if a country is annexed, obviously they no longer give tribute to the Chinese.

I probably annoy you with my many suggestions, so if you do read this, thank you, I just have a lot of ideas ;)

Everyday, it's like more changes. Fine with me tho, just makes it more interesting.

Are you planning to remove Native American Minor and Asian Minor as well? I think adding the Ute in Utah might be a good idea. Also, will you bring back the Sioux and Cherokee nation tags?

This is the best mod for Victoria, can't play without it :D

what's interesting is that I actually redownloaded the very first version of the mod and it worked. I then re-downloaded this and then it worked! So I guess I'm lucky or something cu for some reason it does work on my 3.03 version.

I downloaded this version, but now my game seems to consistently crash now. I've tried to download previous patches instead as well, but they also don't work. I have version 3.03 because Mac unfortunately is too lazy to change to 3.04, so I think that's why this one isn't working for me. But I still can't re-download previous patches either.

Will you be adding any extra perks or drawbacks for certain religions like you did for Islam? I think it might be interesting to have extra modifiers like this:

For Animist Nations:
There's a hidden modifier like for Muslim nations which gives them maybe a -5% or more research drawback as with adding ruling party support and making their pops more reactionary. Unlike Islam, this modifier couldn't be revoked through decision and you'd instead have to change religion through missionaries. This would further incentive nations to ask for missionaries as well.

Speaking of missionaries, I'm not sure if this has been changed since I haven't played as an Animist, Hindu or Buddhist nation since the new update, but Ive never gotten the ability to change religion, which foiled my plans of establishing a Crusader Vietnam ;). I also think it would make more sense for only liberal and conservative governments. If my grievances have already been addressed, however, just forget I asked ;)

I'm also wondering if it would be possible to change the religion of China and Korea from Mahayana to Confucian given that both these countries were ruled by Confucian elite and not Buddhists. Buddhism would still be present, however, obviously. I would also recommend adding animist pops to Korea to present Muism, but I can't seem to find statistics regarding the numbers of adherents. I wonder if adding in Zoroastrianism in Gujarat instead of the animist pops could also be arranged, and add in a decision to convert to Zoroastrianism for Gujarat like how Bhotan can convert to Yazidi (That would have been incredibly unlikely, however). I'm not a programmer, however, so if you don't know how to add in religions, I understand fam.

Thanks for reading, sorry if I'm annoying or have totally outrageous suggestions, I just have a lot of ideas and I figure I may as well pass them by you to see if they'd be realistic. Keep up the great work!

Also, Bali is Animist when it was ruled by a Hindu Kingdom as of 1836, and I notice that as India, whenever I click a decision to organize an African state like Tanganyika, Uganda, etc, it makes the religion Sunni instead of Hindu.

This mod is the only way I can play Victoria now, and for that, we thank you.

I have a few suggestions for some stuff in the New World.

So my suggestions are these:

1. Filibuster War
I was thinking there could be a event around 1856 for Nicaragua which makes the country a Presidential Dictatorship, sets Yankee to the primary culture with C. American as a secondary one, and makes slavery legal. Some Yankee pops could also be moved from somewhere in the U.S to Leon, Managua, and Rivas. Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Los Altos then get an event to intervene in Nicaragua to overthrow Walker. All of the countries involved get a draft modifier which lets them draft a large amount of their population. If the C. American coalition wins, then Nicaragua becomes a democracy again, all of the winning countries gain prestige, slavery is abolished, and C. American is made the primary culture of Nicaragua again while Yankee is removed. If Nicaragua wins, however, then they could get a decision to join the United States. Doing so gives America cores on all of Nicaragua including Bluefields.

2. Gran Colombia
Historically, Gran Colombia wasn't just Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Venezuela. It also at one point effectively controlled Peru and Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic tried to join in as well. So my suggestion is for Gran Colombia to gain cores on Santo Domingo and La Vega if their military policy is jingoism, have at least 60 prestige, and is a great power or if they are a fascist dictatorship. They could then also get cores on Peru and Bolivia if they have a jingoist military policy, have prestige higher than 100, have a fascist dictatorship, have invented romanticism, and have invented Revolution and Counterrevolution.

3. Accepting the African Diaspora
My thoughts for this would for this to be like the decision to accept Native American cultures only for the black cultures of New World countries. The criteria would be the same as accepting the Native Americans, and the country choosing it would gain whatever black pops they have in their territory as accepted (So Afro-American for America, Afro-Latino for Peru, Afro-Brazilian for Brazil, etc. etc.). I think that both the Native American and African Diaspora decisions should be modified so that it's required for pops of either your primary or an accepted culture are in all of your core provinces, as I have found it impossible for America to accept the Native Americans as there aren't any yankee pops in the South.

4. Haiti
Small change, but I think there should be two decisions for Haiti:
First decision should be to establish a monarchy under Faustin I. This is already an event, but I think it would be better to make it a decision.
Second decision would be something to add Caribeno as an accepted culture and would end the racial tensions on the island.

5. Adding Suriname and Counani
In the game, Guyana is the only country represented in the British, French and Dutch colonies in South America. I think adding cores for the nation of Suriname for the Dutch provinces and cores for the country of Counani in French Guiana would be a nice touch. Counani is not an actual nation, but was the name of a self-declared nation in the Macapa province of Brazil which wanted to join France, so I think this would be a fine name for the nation occupying French Guiana.

6. Caribbean Federation
I feel like this has to be here given how you can make some sort of union as the other countries in Latin America (Except Chile, Brazil and Mexico). Basically, it would allow any country in the Caribbean to form the Caribbean Union/Federation which would unite the Caribbean islands. This could also be formed as Guyana, Suriname, Counani, or Belize, as they have historically been considered a part of the Caribbean. The decisions would give them cores on all the islands in the Caribbean as with Guyana and Belize. Afro-Caribbean, Caribeno, Afro-Antillean, and Afro-Latino would be primary cultures. Haiti can only form it after selecting the decision to add Caribeno as an accepted culture or after losing the Dominican Republic.

7. Allow Chile to reform the Peru-Bolivian Confederation
Self-explanatory. I just find it weird how Chile can't form any country, so I think them being able to form the PBC would make some sense and add some more flavor to Chile. If Chile still won't be able to form the PBC, however, I'd still like to see some more decisions/events regarding Chile in the future.

Also, a bug I've found is that Scotland has 'Scottish' as their only culture yet there are no Scottish pops, and Occitania doesn't have any Occitan pops.

If you've come this far, then thanks for reading, you're awesome :D