Better Empires – No Ahistorical Empires
This mod removes the ahistorical Empires present in the 867 and 1066 start.
Only Empires actually existing at those dates, or disbanded very few years before, are defined as "de-jure" empires.
Other Empires may be created by decisions
Warning: This mod is NOT achievement compatible
- HRE can obviously be created in a 867 start. The territorial requirements are:
- The title of King of Italy (Kings of the Romans)
- The title of king of Germany ( or East France )
I removed the requirements for the Seven Prince Electors because Bohemia was not included into HRE in 962 (at the time of the restoration of the Empire by Otto the Great). Moreover the Golden Bull which defined the Seven Prince-Electors was instituted only in 1356.
- Empire of France can be created if you control the old Carolingian borders of Charlemagne. (Papacy is excluded). This automatically destroy HRE, if present.
- Empire of India is still formable if you control the whole sub-continent
- Britons may still create the Empire of Britannia, acquiring the cool nickname of Pendragon
- The Rus is back ( the Empire of the Slavs is still formable )
- The decision "Unify Italy" creates the Empire of Italy
- The requirements to restore the Roman Empire are unchanged
About the Kingdom of Romagna, in the current version if was dropped, moving their duchies under the Kingdom of Italy (all but the Duchy of Latium ) . In my opinion the donation of Pepin the Short in 756 to pope Stephen II is too little to raise these territories to the rank of kingdom. Since the dissolution of the Lombard Kingdom they belong to the Kingdom of Italy.
- There is a chance that an Ambitious Duke in ERE , better if with high intrigue and/or military , would fancy about the Imperial title (and he get an unpressed claim ). This event is for AI only, but produces some Civil wars if the empreror is weak.
- Fixed the Hungarian Migration not starting at all in the 876 start ( this is a Vannilla bug in V. 1.2.x )
- Added the Elctive Faction . This requires a feudal or tribal kingdom and also a date before 1100 . Obviously, the aim of this faction is to change the realm succession law to elective.
- Refine the election mechanism of HRE
- Add some spicy events for empires
- Add some decision to form other "plausible" Empires
