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Greece, Byzantium, & the Balkans Flavor Version 2.1.2 "Garašanin"
Welcome! Greece, Byzantium, & the Balkans Flavor (GBBF) is a mod that I've been working on since early 2023 that started out as another "what if Byzantium in 1836" mod, but ended up growing into something much larger.
GBBF aims to bring more content to the Balkans region of Victoria 3. This region was incredibly dynamic and unstable during the game's time frame with both the Greek and South Slavic people struggling to define themselves as independent nations against the designs of both the Ottoman Empire and the European Empires. This mod adds well over 300 events, dozens of journal entries, new formable and releaseable tags, flags, several historical characters, and a few new monuments.
This mod aims to provide a deep, but vanilla-like experience to playing these nations with content designed to remain in-line with content found in base Vic3 and it's DLCs while still being fun and sometimes a little goofy to play.
GBBF will eventually cover the following content/nations:
Greece from the Bavarocracy under Otto I up to the self-coup of Ioannis Metaxas
Montenegro from the reign of Petar II up to union with Yugoslavia
Serbia from the reign of Miloš through the rise of Yugoslavism
Bulgaria from the reign of Alexander Battenburg to Boris III
Romania from its origin as the United Principalities to the reign of Carol II
Bosnia from its occupation by Austria through its disruptive role in the 1910s
Albania from its independence in the Balkan Wars through its struggles with authoritarianism and bolshevism
Major Balkan Crises such as the Great Eastern Crisis and the two phases of the Balkan Wars
The role and position of the Eastern Orthodoxy as a tool for both imperialism and nationalism
This mod is worked on by a single developer (myself) and I research content before implementing it in game. The goal is to keep the game fun while adding historical context to a very underserved region of the world map. I also try my best to keep this mod as compatible with others to minimize conflicts.
This is my first time ever attempting a mod for a Paradox game, any constructive feedback is welcome and appreciated!
Special Thanks: Lord R (Morgenröte, Community Outfit Mod) for the character DNA.
The lovely people on the modding co-op for tips and generally providing information on modding.
The Bavarocracy: A series of events, characters, ideologies, and journals centered around the "Bavarocracy" and the stagnation of the Greek state under Otto I up to the election of George I.
The Megali Idea: A rework of the "Greek Nationalism" journal and event chain, ending with the reformation of Byzantium (or you can remain Greece too).
The Dedilomeni Principle: Establish legitimacy in the democractic process under George I.
The Military League: Experience a new series of events and journals through the Military League and the Rise of Venizelos.
Greek Nationalism: Follow a series of journal entries and events to establish a discrete Greek identity separate from Slavic or Turkish influence.
Greek Cultural Roots: Conduct a series of excavations for the Greek Archeological Service
The Women's Journal: Support the efforts of Kalliroi Parren in gaining basic rights for women.
New Epirus and Macedonia revolter tags and the ability to provoke historical revolts in Epirus, Macedonia, Crete, and Cyprus (and annex them diplomatically).
Decision to build the Corinth Canal and event to build the Old Royal Palace.
Rebalances the Olympics modifier to make the cost less punishing long-term.
Homeland events regarding Turkish homelands in Anatolia.
Content for Byzantium:
The Byzantine Restoration: Events and journal entries to reclaim the former Eastern Roman Empire.
Alt-history for Byzantium: Branching event chain to reform the Roman Empire, reclaim the lands of Alexander's Empire, or establish control over the Orthodox church each having a new country tag and flag.
Ability to rebuild the Imperial Palace and the Hippodrome, along with a decision to revive chariot racing (replaces the Olypmics).
Theodoro and Trebizond as releasable tags.
Dynamic country names for Byzantium.
Minor Option to Elect a Palaiologos ruler in 1864 (if you've managed to reform Byzantium already.
New titles and a personality trait for Byzantine Emperors
Decision to change tag to the Eastern Roman Empire (c:ERE)
Content for Montenegro:
The Prince-Bishropic: Guide Montenegro into becoming a modern nation state.
The Wrath of Ali Pasha: Stand your ground against neighboring Ottoman Pashas as they attempt to assert Ottoman authority over Montenegro.
Content for Serbia:
Constitutionalism: Experience the back-and-forth between houses Obrenović and Karađorđević for control over Serbia.
Načertanije: Assert Serbian irredentism.
Content for Bulgaria:
The Battenburg Monarchy: Struggle to maintain power as Alexander I against the Russophiles.
The Unification of Bulgaria: Seek Unification with Eastern Rumelia and break free from Ottoman suzerainty
The Bulgarian Empire: Expand Bulgarian control over the Balkans with options to restore the Bulgarian Empire or form Yugoslavia.
The Golden Lion Roars: Assert Bulgarian revanchism to restore the Byzantine Empire.
Content for the Balkans:
Great Eastern Crisis of 1875-1878: Join either side in supporting or opposing Ottoman authority in the Balkans.
Content for the Eastern Orthodoxy:
Patriarch Authority: Inspired by the system from EU4, gain bonuses based on support from the Church.
The Bishops of the East: Utilize state control over the Orthodox Church to assert independence from the Ottoman-controlled Ecumenical Patriarch.
The following vanilla files are fully overwritten: common\history\characters files for: gre, mon, ser common\journal_entries\greek_nationalism common\journal_entries\03_romania events\greece_events
events\romania_events gui\eventwindow.gui
The following data entries are overwritten:
Entry for BYZ in common\country_formation\00_formable_countries
Known compatible mods: Morgenröte: Dawn of Flavor (fully compatible with alternate content if MGR is present alongside this mod)
Australia & New Zealand Flavor Pack
Community Outfit Mod
New Additions:
-Added new journal "Romanian Liberalism" for the 1848 revolutions with scripted button to call in the Russians
-Added new journal "Statutul Dezvoltator" representing the downfall of Alexander Cuza
-Added "An Elected Domnitor" representing the election of Carol I
-Copied over the ability to elect Philip de Flandre (from "An Elected Monarch")
-Electing Philip on the Greece side will block this option here and vice-versa
-Added new journal "Greater Romania" representing the expansion of Romania in the 1900s
-New scripted buttons to annex Transylvania and to agitate in Romanian-homeland states in Austria
Balancing/Adjustments:
-Natural secessions in the Balkans will place the struggle into Deconfliction
-All tension events for the Ottomans now send feed notifications to all Eastern Questionn participants
-Requirement to abolish State Religion replaced with Peasant Levies in "Regulamentul: Legal Standards"
-Exposed values for Serbian Dynastic Rivalry and reworked the underlying scripting to support this
-Added a fallback decision that will appear if you are left with any EQ modifiers
Fixes:
-Eastern Question rioting event will now correctly trigger at high tension.
-Ottomans will no longer receive two Eastern Question journals
-Eastern Question will fail if the Ottomans are subjects
-Eastern Question sub-journals will close if the Ottomans do not exist
-Button to divest from Balkan Mitigation/Acceleration is actually visible now
-Disabled Olympics Restoration event
-Greek homeland claims now correctly gated behind GRE/BYZ/ERE/SPQR/HEMP/ODXY not existing
-Moldavian Regulamentul journal election cycle reduced to 7 years instead of 14
Fixed poor structure in checking for an ongoing Ecumenical Council
Added new module: "eqfm" for events relating to the Eastern Question.
• Third Chapter of Content for Greece:
-Event "Nationalist Fervor" has been given content and handles triggering the "Military League" vs. "A Cretan Champion." While less dramatic in most games, this ensures that players will have access to Venizelism content.
-Journal Entry "Venizelism" now consists of a journal chain similar to the "Bavarocracy," giving the player a chance to experience Venizelos' massive influence over the Greek state.
-New Event Chain for the "Don Pacifico Affair"
-Crete Revolt mechanics reworked to take into account Greek radicalism on Crete.
• First Chapter of Yugoslavian Content:
-Načertanije: Reworked to provide a path to Yugoslavian formation. Take charge of the Yugoslavian cause and diplomatically annex other Yugoslav nations to form Yugoslavia.
• Second Chapter of Serbian Content:
-Cementing the Monarchy: Balance the reactions of Serbian and Turkish politicians to the Declaraton of a Hereditary Monarchy.
-Constitutionalism: Guide Serbia through poltiical reform under the influence of Ristic.
-Greater Serbia: Reject Yugoslavism and restore the Serbian Empire.
• Expansion of Content for the Balkans Struggle:
-The Eastern Question: Defend or Oppose Ottoman interests in Rumelia or take the reigns as the Sultan as the peoples of the Balkans struggle to break free.
-20 new events and two journals representing the simmering separatism in the Balkans.
• First Chapter of Romanian Flavor:
-The Regulamentul Organic: Guide the Romanian Principalities through their transiton from post-Ottoman state & elect a new Hospodar every 7 years.
-Vanilla Romanian Unification events integrated into this mod.
• Minor Addition for Slovene-Croatian Flavor:
-The Triune Dream: Minor journal entry to properly form the Triune Kingdom.
-No immediate plans for further work, but Slovene-Croatian flavor is on the docket.
• Other fixes/additions:
-Increased probability of the Greek/Turkish homeland events by 25x.
-Agitating in Crete should no longer give the Ottomans/Egyptians infinite infamy
-"A Bavarian Greece" journal no longer thinks you went bankrupt on completion
-Byzantium has a new event for getting a Palaiologos Ruler post-1863
-BYZ, ERE, & ODXY now have a new flag for autocratic theocracies
-YUG is no longer formable from the nation formation tab
-"Convoke Ecumenical Council" now has a tooltip indicating what "calls their attention"
• Notes for Sphere of Influence:
-Event providing a Customs Union between Greece and Epirus has been removed in preparation for SoI.
-Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia will receive relevant political lobbies, dependent on what PDX gives them.
-Increased probability of the Greek/Turkish homeland events by 25x
-Fixed poor on_action structure causing the Congress of Berlin to repeatedly restart
-The Megali Idea no longer requires Monarchy to complete; also only requires owning Constantinople plus 10 of the formation states; Crete and Ionian Islands now count for this goal.
-Reduced cost of expeditions to -50, and surveys to -100
-"The Royal University of Athens" event will no longer occur if Morgenröte is also loaded.
-"Annex Rumelia" button now appears if either Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia are both subjects of the Ottomans, or if both are independent. This is a fallback incase the Ottomans fail the Sick Man journal AFTER the Great Eastern Crisis. It also will not appear if a player is Eastern Rumelia (but why would you do this?).
-Fixed the crisis variables being removed too quickly by a forgotten effect, preventing countries from getting post-Crisis modifiers. (The previous fix exposed this issue).
-Crete's former owner now gets a war goal to reconquer Crete instead of letting them go free after the play.
-Updated to Vic3 1.6
-Fixed an issue where the crisis variables were not properly removed following a Turkish victory
-Changed Ferdinand I's last name to Sakskoburggotski (this is anachronistic, but it fits better in the GUI)
-Removed some Bulgarian names from the localization that are now covered by the vanilla localization
-Crusade DP now unlocks correctly
-Added 3 events for Crusade start, victory, and defeat with supporting modifiers
-Fixed Obrenović and Karađorđević script values and tooltips incorrectly aligning them to Russia and Austria respectively.
-Added new checks to the GEC Warmup event. Now checks for TUR to not be a subject or junior in a CU. Crisis will not fire at all once TUR has researched pan-nationalism.
-Added a tooltip to the Patriarch Authority JE explaining all possible sources of PA.
-Added status_desc to the Cretan Revolts JE so Muslim nations can see the current revolt momentum
-Added event recruiting countries with alliances/defensive pacts to defend TUR (forgot to actually include this lol)
**Major Update 2.0 "Venizelos"** Renamed to "Greece, Byzantium, & the Balkans Flavor" Added two new content modules: "balkfm" for non-Greece Balkan Countries, and "eocfm" for the Eastern Orthodoxy.
• Minor content additions for Greece:
- Minor Event "A Bulgarian Visitor" for Alexander Battenburg's tour of the Balkans
- Added minor event chain for Jonas King
- je_grefm_archaeology_mgr will replace the normal archaeology journal if Morgenrote is present; this is completed using the artifacts variables from MGR
-grefm.801 will apply the full prestige modifier for artifacts at 10x for completing the MGR journal (this mimics completing all of the archaeology events)
•Broad Changes for Byzantium:
- Path Branching will occur within grefm.202
- byzfm.300, eocfm.300, and grefm.300 are the new path starter events, with associated journals and events added to each module
-In each case, you will become BYZ and have an option to remain Byz at the end
-All references to religion have been pulled into eocfm. to make the Revenge of the Greeks less schizophrenic
-The journals handling each path have received reworks, being separated into grefm, byzfm, and eocfm variants
-Also added modifiers to each journal to mitigate infamy generation
- The Orthodox Realms path now involves capturing the Eastern Patriarchal Seats
- The Metropolitan Lands is a clone of the Byzantine Restoration
- Church of the East is a clone of the Rome of the East
- Orthodox Realms moved up to 3rd in line, and now wants you to control the Eastern Seats instead of that vassal bullshit
- Texas Left occurs 4th, and still involves conquest of the Black Sea
- The Third Rome now wants RUS out of GP status plus control of all Eastern Seats + Moscow Seat
- Bulgaria now has its own path to reform the Byzantine Empire
-Called the "Golden Lion Roars" path, this redirects Bulgaria after forming the Bulgarian Empire
-Ends with the capture of Constantinople (Thessaly, Attica, and Peloponnese will be uninvolved, although you'll still get claims)
- Other adjustments to byzfm:
-ALLfm.301 & balkfm.591 now adds claims across the state_region for no infamy (if PDX is ok with it, then I am too)
-balkfm.591 adds greek as a primary culture if you're coming in from bulfm (if you want bulgarian only, take the Bulgarian Empire route)
-Integrated formation.3 effects into ALLfm.300 and removed byzfm.9
-byzfm.102 and byzfm.104 will only apply the artifacts bonus if Morgenröte is not present
-byzfm event file structure has been reworked to ensure every module shares a common structure, every sevent has been re-numbered or deleted
• Content representing the Various Balkan Crises (BALKFM Section 100):
- je_great_eastern_crisis_main for the Great Eastern Crisis, supported by je_great_eastern_crisis_sub
-Fires up if:
1) TUR has researched nationalism OR failed the Sick Man JE
2) One of GRE, SER, or MON has researched nationalism
-Uses the global_var balkfm_crisis_var to count up to the crisis
-Recruits Balkan-Danubian minors, Great Powers, and Turkish allies via scripted effect in that order
-Every participant gets an instance of je_great_eastern_crisis_sub, each of which increases the monthly growth rate by 1
-When balkfm_crisis_var reaches 150, fires balkfm.108-109 which use scripted effects and variables to assign tags to opposing sides of a crisis DP
-Followed up by balkfm.104-105 warning players that the crisis has fired
-Supported by balkfm.120-121 creating BOS and BUL as attackers
-An on_wargoal_enforced on_action triggers either balkfm.106/107 depending on the winner in the DP
-balkfm.106 mimics the outrageous Bulgarian gains during the crisis
-balkfm.107 annexes all rebellious minors and makes land gains for TUR
-Uses variables: balkfm_crisis_target, balkfm_crisis_attacker, balkfm_crisis_defender, balkfm_crisis_starter, balkfm_crisis_declined
- je_balkfm_congress_of_berlin_main for the Congress of Berlin, supported by je_balkfm_congress_of_berlin_sub
-balkfm.111 reduces BUL in size, creates ERUM, then subjugates both to TUR, and fires balkfm.500 for Bulgaria
- balkfm.112 subjugates BOS to AUS if they participated, otherwise BOS is freed
- balkfm.113 grants TUR-owned provinces in STATE_MONTENEGRO to MON
- balkfm.114 dutifully shafts SER by doing almost nothing at all
- balkfm.115 will eventually handle ROM. Currently an orphan- they will remain independent per the effects of balkfm.108
- balkfm.116 will grant STATE_KARS to RUS
- balkfm.118 will grant TUR-owned STATE_THESSALIA/STATE_MACEDONIA to GRE
- balkfm.123 will transfer CYP to GBR if they participated in any form
- balkfm.124 will transfer TUN to FRA if they deconflicted
• Content for Montenegro through to 1860 (BALKFM Section 300):
- balkfm.300 adds starting JEs and variables
- je_balkfm_mon_prince_bishropic tracks progress towards becoming the Principality of Montenegro (Block 30 Events)
- je_balkfm_mon_ali_pasha with supporting content to represent the actions of Ali Pasha (Block 33 Events)
-Uses global variables balkfm_humac_happened and balkfm_stabby_stabby for MON-SER interaction
- je_balkfm_mon_black_mountain to represent the desire for union with all of Montenegro. (Block 34 Events)
• Content for Serbia through to 1868 (BALKFM Section 400):
- balkfm.400 adds starting JEs and variables
- je_balkfm_ser_monarchism for the back and forth between Houses Obrenovic and Karadordevic with supporting events and modifiers (Block 40 & 41)
-Modeled after the Divided Monarchy JE, using similar variables and simplified scripted effects
- je_balkfm_ser_nacertanije for Serbian Nationalism & Federalism (Block 48).
-Currently only tracks for union with Southern Serbia, will evolve into a system similar to Italian Unification
• Content for Bulgaria through to 1886 (BALKFM Section 500):
- je_the_battenburg_monarchy for events in the reign of Alexander I
-Alex will be automatically yeeted after 10 years; Player actions will determine if the countercoup to return Alex succeeds
-Added journal entries and events for railways and brigands
-Added events representing the curtailment of the constitution
-Added journal and event chain for Alexander's Balkan tour
-Added characters and modifiers up to the 1886 coup
- je_balkfm_the_liberation_of_bulgaria as the start of an event chain for Bulgarian irredentism
-Comes with buttons to reclaim Rumelia and Declare independence
-Completion of journal je_balkfm_bul_tsardom provides a branching path with the following choices:
-je_balkfm_bul_empire
-je_balkfm_bul_yugoslavia
-je_balkfm_bul_megali_idea
- New tags:
-ERUM for Eastern Rumelia
-TSAR for the Empire of Bulgaria
-BUL cannot be released if balkfm.500 has already fired
• Content for the Eastern Orthodoxy
- je_ecofm_patriarch_authority handles majority of content via on_actions & buttons
-Added 6 generic orthodox events, 8 events for ecumenical councils, and icon selection event
-Added specific starting events for GRE, RUS, and BUL
-Added two decrees; these will reduce PA, but value only updates weekly
- script_value tracks current PA amount and saves it to a variable for the journal progress bar
- Supported by je_eocfm_autocephaly & je_eocfm_integrating_seat to provide support to autocephaly actions and for claiming patriarchal seats
- Added alternate pathways to trigger "A Cretan Champion" assuming you don't meet the conditions for "The Military League"
- Added event reminding the player that they have a claim on Thessaly (this is a vanilla feature) and don't have to wait for the Megali Idea
- Ionian Islands receives claims on Attica, Peloponnese, and Thessaly if they go independent (they can already receive the Megali Idea)
- Epirus revolt will take chunks of Thessaly if its still owned by the Ottomans
- Event will trigger allowing Epirus to join the Greek market if they manage to become independent
- Reworked how the cretan revolts journal is handed off between countries that conquer Crete
- Fixed localization problem with the Turkish Homeland events
- Women's journal will only fire for Greece
- Minor Realignment of Events within grefm
- Removed leftover triggers in the Tyranny and Cultural Roots journals that were blocking progress
- Fixed a global/local variable mismatch blocking the Gla excavation
- Added an excavation for Rhodes & excavation event that didn't make it for 1.1
- Added fixed appearances for several characters.
- Rebalanced the Lake Kopais journal, the drainage events will trigger more quickly and the Gla excavation should unlock correctly now.
- Added a prestige buff for completing excavations
- Added a new "Bavarocrat" ideology to Josef Ludwig von Armansperg and King Otto
- Removed several IG opinion modifiers during the Bavarocracy phase, the new ideologies are more in line with vanilla game design; IGs will also switch to more liberal ideologies if you go the liberal route based on their support for autocracy
- Olympics Event only fires once now
- Added discrete journal groups for a total of 10 groups
- Added Trikoupis as a character (along with Andreas Metaxas, Alexandros Kontostavlos, Nikitas Stamatelopoulos, and Kanellos Deligiannis)
- Added a new event/modifier for Greece's long history of maritime shipping
- Removed the progress bar from the Lake Kopais journal; it was misleading
- Minor adjustment to the Cretan Revolts
- Removed the progress bar from the Purple Phoenix journal
- Adjusted layout of objectives in the Orthodox Realms journal (I will make this less of a bear soon, I promise!)
**Major Update "Trikoupis"**
New Content for Greece:
• The Dedilomeni Principle: Establish legitimacy in the democractic process under George I.
- je_grefm_the_dedilomeni_principle will be add by event randomly after the 1862 election
- je_grefm_the_dedilomeni_principle_alternate will be added if the player completed the Bavarocracy successfully
• The Military League: Experience a new series of events and journals through the Military League and the Rise of Venizelos.
- je_grefm_the_military_league will be added by event chain if the player had the 1862 election and has researched political_agitation
--- This is a re-skinned coup journal entry will autocracy set as the desired law
--- When this journal reaches 80%, an event will first giving you the choice to recruit Venizelos. Taking this will close the journal.
--- This journal's completion event is a modified version of the coup success event
• Greek Nationalism: Follow a series of journal entries and events to establish a discrete Greek identity separate from Slavic or Turkish influence.
• Greek Cultural Roots: Conduct a series of excavations for the Greek Archeological Service
• The Women's Journal: Support the efforts of Kalliroi Parren in gaining basic rights for women.
Minor adjustments:
- Events on the grefm side have been reorganized under the hood
- Expanded the Megali Idea journal to fund and provoke revolts in Epirus, Macedonia, and Cyprus along with mechanics for repeatable revolts on Crete and a new Macedonia revolter tag.
- Added events and journal entries for industrialization and feminism in Greece.
- Additional events and decisions during the reign of Otto I.
- New titles and a personality trait for Byzantine Emperors
- Decision to change tag to the Eastern Roman Empire (c:ERE)
- A silly event involving the Hippodrome
- Small tweaks to the event chains for rebuilding the Imperial Palace and Hippodrome
- Fixed the Crusade DP (now uses the "Make Protectorate" wargoal)
• Minor Adjustments/Fixes on the Greece Side:
- Updated for compatibility with 1.5.7 (Thanks LordR!)
- Added temporary decisions to provoke the Epirus and Cyprus revolts (these are temporary and will be replaced with better scripting in 1.1
**Initial Release**
Content for Greece:
• The Bavarocracy: A series of events and journals centered around the "Bavarocracy" and the stagnation of the Greek state under Otto I up to the election of George I.
- je_grefm_bavarocracy_main tracks for completion variables provided by four sub-journals similar to the Sick Man JE
--- je_grefm_greek_constitution (will advance to je_grefm_the_tyranny_of_house_wittelsbach if tyrannical option is taken)
--- je_grefm_brigandage for brigand events
--- je_grefm_land_reform
--- je_grefm_civic_tradition both adding penalties until solved
• The Megali Idea: A rework of the "Greek Nationalism" journal and event chain, ending with the reformation of Byzantium (or you can remain Greece too).
- je_grefm_megali_idea will activate on researching Nationalism
- Provides descrete claims on all states required to form BYZ in two steps via grefm.200 and grefm.201
- On completion, triggers grefm.202 which will change the player's tag to BYZ
• Minor Content:
- Historical characters and an agitator for the era of Otto I.
- New Epirus (EPI) revolter tag and the ability to provoke historical revolts in Epirus and Cyprus (and annex them diplomatically).
- Decision to build the Corinth Canal; follows a two-step process derives from the Skyscaper in base Vic3.
- Event to build the Old Royal Palace, occuring if you abandon the Megali Idea.
- Rebalances the Olympics modifier to make the cost less punishing long-term.
- Minor event can occur after 1850 representing the autocephaly of the Greek Orthodox Church
Content for Byzantium:
• The Byzantine Restoration: Events and journal entries to reclaim the former Eastern Roman Empire.
- Handled by two journals je_byzfm_restoration & je_byzfm_rome_of_the_east with associated events
• Alt-history for Byzantium: Branching event chain to reform the Roman Empire, reclaim the lands conquered by the Muslims, or establish control over the Orthodox peoples each having a new country tag and flag.
- Each path has it's own journal entry and event chain
• Minor Content:
- Ability to rebuild the Imperial Palace and the Hippodrome, along with a decision to revive chariot racing (replaces the Olypmics).
- Theodoro and Trebizond as releasable tags.
- Homeland events regarding Turkish homelands in Anatolia.
- Dynamic names for Byzantium
- Option to Elect a Palaiologos ruler in the 1864 Election event if you've formed BYZ
The next update for Greece, Byzantium, & the Balkans is another large expansion. This one, named after Serbian statesman Ilija Garašanin extends Greece's content through to the 1910s and introduces a system for Yugoslavian unification. This expansion is focused more on continuing to build the framework for future flavor content for the Balkans. This update should hopefully be out either during ModCon or slightly afterwards.
Updates for Greece:
First up is a small content update for Greece. The previous event chain for the arrival of Venizelos has been reworked into a proper "second chapter" for Greece. The "Nationalist Fervor" event now has localization (that one got past me) and checks if the conditions are present for the emergence of the Military League. If not, it skips ahead to Venizelos arriving in Greece. While less dramatic, it ensures that the player gets to see Venizelos arrive regardless of what the Armed Forces are doing.
The "Venizelism" journal is no longer a dead end, but instead serves as a "back half" to the planned content for Greece. Like Greece's Bavarocracy journals, the content for Venizelism is tracked from this main journal with sub-journals representing Venizelos' ambitious reforms of the Greek state. Each of these journals presents a different challenge to the player. Remember the historical context for these journals is the 1910s, so while you might trigger the content sooner than that, I'm expecting that you won't have the game start giga-rural Greece. These journals each contribute completion variables to the main journal and provide positive modifiers and loyalists on their completion. The Greek Nationalism journal already has it's own completion variable that's included in the main Venizelism completion requirements
Piggybacking on Eastern Question content (shown below), the Cretan Revolt journal has a fresh coat of paint. The Cretan Revolt variable is now affected by Greek radicals on Crete, with the "Foment Unrest" button now increasing the monthly gain instead of just giving a flat increase in momentum.
Updates for Byzantium: Tiny update for those asking for it: if you miss the bus for the 1863 election event (or come in from the Bulgaria side), this event has a small chance to occur letting you replace your ruler with a shiny new Emperor of phanariot descent.
First Chapter of Content for Romania: These mirrored events trigger for Moldavia and Wallachia at game start. Unfortunately, Vicky3 is unable to truly replicate the state of the Romanian Principalities in 1836. Historically, both countries were nominally part of the Ottoman Empire but were connected to European markets and heavily monitored by Russian diplomats.
The main meat and potatoes for the Principalities is the "Regulamentul Organic". This was a legal system imposed on the Principalities by the Russian Empire which gave the Romanians their first experience of proper constitutional law. The Regulamentul had the objectives of modernizing the Principalities to allow for future integration into the Russian sphere. Romania during this time was almost aggressively feudal, with local power exercised by boyar estates and both slavery and serfdom in full swing.
The Regulamentul was a mixture of being highly specific in limiting Romanian political functions, but vague in limiting the role of Russian attaches. At game start, the Principalities receive a series of journal entries that each center on the reforms that were stipulated either directly or indirectly by the Regulamentul. Completing each one provides a buff to Moldavia/Wallachia with the aim of steering Romanian players in a similar fashion to how Russia steered the Principalities.
Every seven years, the Principalities will hold elections for the next Hospodar of the country. Historically, only one of these elections was every held on time and appropriately in Wallachia due to a mixture of revolts and foreign interventions. For gameplay reasons however, these are on fixed intervals and will feature historic Romanian politicians. Each historical Prince will appear at roughly the historical time they ruled either of the Principalities. Complementing this is a new ideology "Kogalnitchanism." This name is completely made up, but it represents the mainstream liberal thought in the Principalities that was in opposition to the Boyar (landowner) and Church estates.
With respect to the base content for Romanian unification, I've integrated the events, journals, and decisions into one overarching journal entry with new fallback decisions to ensure it works with other mod content. This is going to link up with future content for Greater Romanian Unification.
First Chapter of Content for Yugoslavism:
The Nacertanije journal will no longer be a dead end. Countries with the Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, or Serbian cultures will be given the Nacertanije JE followed by their own unique nationalist entry. Players will have the option of pursing Yugoslavism by forming Yugoslavia or instead pursing their own nationalist ideals.
Countries with the Nacertanije journal will be able to rile up radicals in Austrian and Ottoman-held Slavic lands. Like Greece with the BYZ tag and Bulgaria with the TSAR tag, forming the Serbian Empire will change your tag to SRPS. This is an empire tier rank and will thus invalidate the Nacertanije journal. You'll have to take your pick between choosing pan-Slavism or Serbian supremacy.
Updates for the Eastern Question:
The biggest addition coming in this time is the first phase of mechanics for the Eastern Question. Variations of this event will fire at game start for the Ottomans, GPs with a Balkans interest, and local tags in the Balkans. This adds a journal representing the struggle for control over the Balkans. This journal will trigger events that force Balkan radicalism onto the Ottomans and increments a global variable representing separatist tension in the Balkans. As this value gets higher, progressively more extreme events will trigger.
Great Powers with the Eastern Question journal will have access to several scripted buttons that will allow them to declare support, opposition, or neutrality towards the Ottomans in the Balkans. If you've taken a side, you can even pony up some cash to speed up or slow down tension progress. Just one catch: if you've declared your support for the Ottomans they will call on you during the Great Eastern Crisis now, regardless of whether you've formalized that support with a defensive pact or alliance.
The more extreme Eastern Question events can lead to secession against the Ottomans. In support of this, (nearly) every state region in the Balkans has received a unique tag to ensure that there is always room for more Balkans in your Balkans
The next update explores two new areas of Romanian History: the Revolutions of 1848 and the post-Regulamentul era before the coronation of Carol I.
First up, are two event chains that will fire for Moldavia and Wallachia once the Springtime of the Peoples has started. These represent the smaller-scale political upsets in the Principalities. he revolutions of 1848 were a lot less intense in the Principalities, with the initial goals being to implement modest reforms. Historically, the "Moldavian Revolutionary Committee" took a more moderate route, by proposing a liberal constitution that would have operated within the framework of the Regulamentul and focused more on civic rights and combating corruption.
The pathway for Wallachia is rather similar in-game. By contrast, the revolutionaries were actually successful in Wallachia, setting up the Wallachian Provisional Government for a few months until they were squashed by Russian forces. In game, Wallachia receives several more radical IG leaders than Moldavia to represent this difference.
The "Romanian Liberalism" journal is a short-term journal that is inspired by Mihail Sturdza's attempt to cling onto power during the political unrest. Should support for the Prince drop too low, you can invoke the Regulamentul to request Russian assistance in putting down the revolutionaries. Should the revolutionaries fail, they will all be exiled. If the Prince fails, he will be replaced by none other than Mihail Kogălniceanu himself. You start with 100 support, with the Prince's odds of success being tied to IG's opinions of him. Historically, the Prince was ousted only after he lost the support of leading politicians. Before that, the movement sought to simply have him endorse their reforms. (edited)
Requesting Russian assistance mirrors the historical fact that the Tsar deployed his forces to occupy the Principalities without consulting the Sultan. The success event, "The Convention of Balta Liman" was a historical agreement between the Tsar and Sultan than restored the status quo from before the revolutions. This process was immensely disruptive to the Principalities and these modifiers reflect that.
Likewise, the beginning of the last event chain for early Romanian history represents the rapid fall from grace experienced by This event will fire shortly after closing the Regulamentul journal entry, assuming the 1848 revolutions did not succeed/didn't happen in time. The event is dynamic like ruler elections, so it'll fire even if Cuza isn't your ruler.
The "Statutul Dezvoltator" is short for the "Statute Expanding the Convention of Paris." This was put forward by Alexandru Cuza in an attempt to restore the Absolutist rule seen in the Regulamentul era. Failure triggers the event "The Monstrous Coalition" the name given by Romanian media to the political opposition that drove him out of the country.
Failing this allows Carol I to be elected to the throne. There is also an option to elect Philip of Flanders, since he was first offered the crown, just like in the Greek 1863 election. You'll need an alliance with Belgium for this to appear.
This update includes several small fixes/adjustments to Eastern Question content and fixes for Greek and Serbian content, see the full changelog below.
--Update 2.1.2--
New Additions:
-Added new journal "Romanian Liberalism" for the 1848 revolutions with scripted button to call in the Russians
-Added new journal "Statutul Dezvoltator" representing the downfall of Alexander Cuza
-Added "An Elected Domnitor" representing the election of Carol I
-Copied over the ability to elect Philip de Flandre (from "An Elected Monarch")
-Electing Philip on the Greece side will block this option here and vice-versa
-Added new journal "Greater Romania" representing the expansion of Romania in the 1900s
-New scripted buttons to annex Transylvania and to agitate in Romanian-homeland states in Austria
Balancing/Adjustments:
-Natural secessions in the Balkans will place the struggle into Deconfliction
-All tension events for the Ottomans now send feed notifications to all Eastern Questionn participants
-Requirement to abolish State Religion replaced with Peasant Levies in "Regulamentul: Legal Standards"
-Exposed values for Serbian Dynastic Rivalry and reworked the underlying scripting to support this
-Added a fallback decision that will appear if you are left with any EQ modifiers
Fixes:
-Eastern Question rioting event will now correctly trigger at high tension.
-Ottomans will no longer receive two Eastern Question journals
-Eastern Question will fail if the Ottomans are subjects
-Eastern Question sub-journals will close if the Ottomans do not exist
-Button to divest from Balkan Mitigation/Acceleration is actually visible now
-Disabled Olympics Restoration event
-Greek homeland claims now correctly gated behind GRE/BYZ/ERE/SPQR/HEMP/ODXY not existing
-Moldavian Regulamentul journal election cycle reduced to 7 years instead of 14
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