Ming China Flavour

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Author: Art of War

Last revision: 24 Sep, 2025 at 07:14 UTC (6)

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Description:
Ming China Flavour

IMPORTANT: Welcome back! At long last now updated and compatible with patch 1.37!

Ming China Flavour adds to the East Asia and China experience in EU4. It aims to create a more dynamic and historical East Asia, as well as a more fun and engaging Ming / Celestial Empire.

Not Ironman/achievements compatible.

No guarantees to any compatibility with any other mods, although graphical mods should be compatible. Mandate of Heaven and Domination DLCs highly suggested for full content integration. English localisation only.

Mod created by myself. No copying of any content from my mod without my consent. Thank you. Any suggestions and/or feedback welcome.

Huge shoutout to Macky527 for the Tibetan & Manchurian map and Tibetan content!

Note: Modifiers may not be entirely balanced at the moment, looking to tweak a few numbers in the future.

Current EU4 version: 1.37.5
Current mod version: 5.3.1 "Tribute"

Features

Empire of China Mechanics:

  • Proclaim an Era Name focus and the Queen prefers one of the four estates
  • Empower the Grand Secretariat, Censorate, or Chief Military Commissions
  • Celestial Reforms and Decrees adjusted and colour-coded – Decrees associated with one of the Six Ministries
  • New reforms and decrees – with new requirements
  • Promote Viceroy – giving bonuses to certain provinces
  • Effects of Mandate and Meritocracy changed
  • Ming Crisis disaster is possible for all Chinese Emperors – now called Rebellion in China
  • Tributaries will transfer to a new Emperor
  • Celestial Emperors cannot ally or receive tribute from nations which hold Chinese culture provinces in China

Ming:

  • Ming missions requirements and effects revamped, plus two new missions
  • Emperor of China missions reordered and adjusted, plus four new missions – including visiting a sacred site
  • Great Wall now spans six provinces and effects of Chinese monuments adjusted
  • New Tusi subject type – non-annexable Tibetan, Zhuang, Miao, Lao, and Shan vassals for the Emperor until Abolish the Tusi reform
  • Mong Mao Rebellion event chain
  • Two Emperors disaster for Qizhen’s eventual coup of Qiyu after Tumu Crisis
  • Decision for Chinese minors to declare themselves Northern/Southern Ming and restore the Ming dynasty

Chinese Kingdoms:

  • Take the Mandate of Heaven through decision
  • Unite China by gaining cores upon annexing provinces in a peace treaty
  • A new Emperor of China can now establish their own dynasty
  • Chinese Kingdom missions adjusted
  • Play as Zhang Xianzhong’s Xi, Li Dingguo’s Gui state through the Rebellion in China disaster
  • National Ideas for Yue, Wu, Xi, and Tungning

Religion and Culture:

  • Religious schools for Eastern religion group, 10 in total
  • Harmony effects (renamed Traditionalism) changed – split between Spiritual and Philosophical Confucianism
  • Split Altaic into Chagatayid & Mongolic culture groups, Buryat culture belongs to Mongolic
  • Five new Tibetan cultures – U-Tsang, Khampa, Amdo, Dzongkha, and Ngari
  • Weji culture in Manchuria, Tumed culture in Mongolia

Tibet:
Thanks again to Macky527 for helping with the Tibet and Manchuria content!

  • New Tibetan tags: Amdo, Chakla, Nangchen, Gungthang, Lingtsang, Horkhok
  • National ideas for Tibetan tags
  • New Tibetan mission tree – with 21 missions
  • Tibetan events associated with the mission tree – including converting the Mongols to Vajrayana Buddhism
  • Ability to choose to stay as a kingdom, form the Ganden Phodrang, or form Khoshuud and become a horde
  • Ganden Phodrang reform – rule through the Dalai Lama or his Regent/Desi after his death, before searching for a new Dalai Lama

Manchuria:

  • New Manchu tags: Warka, Oroch
  • Jurchen nations annex Liaoning and can gain an Inner Mongol march when forming Manchu
  • Flavour events and adjustments in missions during Manchu unification and Qing invasion of China
  • Han-Manchu Hostility mechanic integrated with Manchu and Qing missions
  • Wu Sangui will declare the Three Feudatories Revolt against Qing once Hostility is high enough

Mongolia:

  • New Inner Mongol National Ideas
  • Northern Yuan Khanate (Empire rank) for the strongest tag in Mongolia, other Mongol tags can claim the title
  • New Mongolian Tumen subject type – stronger Mongol marches for the Northern Yuan Khan
  • Mongol states can unite and form Mongolia via mission
  • Mongol Migration – Mongol tags can spend resources to take other Mongol provinces without war
  • Tumu Crisis reworked – events tied to Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu
  • Dzungar is now a formable by Oirat tags

Map:

  • 10 new tags in East Asia
  • Map overhaul in East Asia with 56 new provinces (33 in Ming, 8 in Tibet, 12 in Manchuria, 3 wasteland)
  • Ming Tusi in 1444: Lijiang, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, and Mong Mao; New Ming Tributaries in 1444: Tibetan tags, Malacca, and Kotte
  • Oirat Tumen in 1444: Mongolia, Tumed, and Chahar; Oirat Tributaries in 1444: Korchin, Kara Del, and Buryatia
  • U Vassals in 1444: Tsang, Sikkim
  • Chinese dynamic province names fixed and added
  • Japanese tags cannot receive tribute from other Japanese nations and can only attack outside of Japan once united