I think that the changing nature of culture has always been one of the weaknesses of the EU system of representing the world. I mean heck, the very fact that certain culture-related debates are verboten on this forum is proof enough of that. Now that we're talking about better modeling the New World, does anyone else think it's time for a new modeling of culture?
I mean, yes, many of the USA's founding fathers would call themselves English or British, but not all of them would, and if you look at Mexico, how many people during their founding would call themselves Spaniards or Aztecs? Probably not many at all.
What I propose is that certain combinations of culture groups occasionally spawn "evolved" cultures on their borders. For the sake of not starting a firestorm, I'd say we ought to avoid implementing a whole lot of these cultures in Europe, but they'd work great in the Americas. For example, in any province with with a British culture which borders a province with a North American culture group, there'd be an increasingly high chance of those provinces switching culture to "Yankee." The "Yankee" culture group would then continue to encroach into nearby North American or British provinces. The controller of those provinces would need to weigh the pros and cons of pushing that culture back using diplomatic points or letting it continue to spread, causing a growing rift between those settlers and the natives of the countries they're moving into.
Here's a short list of cultures and the cultures they could evolve into, just off the top of my head:
British + North American = Yankee
British + North American + Province Produces Cotton = Dixie
French + North American = Creole
Iberian + North American = Dominican
Iberian + Central American = Mexican
Germanic + North American = Palatine
African + North American = Vodun
I'm sure that someone with more cultural history knowledge could make these better and add like a billion more, but that's just off the top of my head. Anyone else have ideas to represent the divide between settlers and their native lands?
I mean, yes, many of the USA's founding fathers would call themselves English or British, but not all of them would, and if you look at Mexico, how many people during their founding would call themselves Spaniards or Aztecs? Probably not many at all.
What I propose is that certain combinations of culture groups occasionally spawn "evolved" cultures on their borders. For the sake of not starting a firestorm, I'd say we ought to avoid implementing a whole lot of these cultures in Europe, but they'd work great in the Americas. For example, in any province with with a British culture which borders a province with a North American culture group, there'd be an increasingly high chance of those provinces switching culture to "Yankee." The "Yankee" culture group would then continue to encroach into nearby North American or British provinces. The controller of those provinces would need to weigh the pros and cons of pushing that culture back using diplomatic points or letting it continue to spread, causing a growing rift between those settlers and the natives of the countries they're moving into.
Here's a short list of cultures and the cultures they could evolve into, just off the top of my head:
British + North American = Yankee
British + North American + Province Produces Cotton = Dixie
French + North American = Creole
Iberian + North American = Dominican
Iberian + Central American = Mexican
Germanic + North American = Palatine
African + North American = Vodun
I'm sure that someone with more cultural history knowledge could make these better and add like a billion more, but that's just off the top of my head. Anyone else have ideas to represent the divide between settlers and their native lands?
