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Western Steppe Expanded

A flavor pack mod for characters in the Western Steppe!

-Adds the Eastern Balkans and Hungary to the Western Steppe so that when you conquer the region you are still a part of The Great Steppe Situation and can continue to have access to all the new nomad decisions from your new home if you migrate there!

-Adds tweaks to the Mogyër and Hungarian cultures such as additional traditions and clothing.

-Changes Kingdom tier titles for Nomadic Mogyërs back to Grand Prince.

-Adds the Seven Magyar Tribes as counts in the Magyar Confederation

-Grants increased bonuses and rewards for taking the Promote Christian Settlement decision.

- Croatia is now a de jure part of the Empire of Carpathia

-Adds the Transylvanian Saxons , Szekely and Csangos Cultures to the game as well as the decision to settle the cultures as the King of Hungary

-If you meet one of three criteria and are a Hungarian King of Hungary, you can form the Cuman Guard . A new powerful heavy cavalry man at arms!

-When playing as either a Cuman or Kipchak nomad, you will have access to the decision to form the Cuman-Kipchak Confederation . Taking the decision will lead to you gaining access to Interfaith Marriage , removing the penalty for having a religion different from others! You will also gain other major bonuses that help you become the most powerful Khagan in the region.

-The Confederation will already be formed in 1066 and 1178. And the Teteroba dynasty will already have access to the interfaith modifier.

-Cumans have a chance at having blonde hair to go along with descriptions of the Cumans historically.

-If you hold the county Itil , you will gain access to the decision to become Lord of the Volga , granting the capital and your culture bonuses.

-Gain the ability to create the Codex Cumanicus , a court artifact that increases vassal limit and reduces time to learn languages along with other bonuses.

-If the Kingdom of the Pechenegs does not exist, allows access to the decision to claim the title for yourself.

-Kings of the Pechenegs gain access to the decision Enforce Pecheneg Rule allowing them to absorb the Vlach kingdoms into their realm as well as other rewards.

-Turkic heritage characters now also have access to the Restore the Bosporan Kingdom decision which when held by them will be called The Crimean Khanate

-Turkish characters who hold this title will also gain access to the ability to Embrace Crimean Tatar Culture

-Adds the decision for Vlach nobles inside Hungary to gain independence and form the Principality of Transylvania !

-Adds the Empire of Bulgaria to the map, acting as a strong opponent for both the Magyars and Byzantines in the 867 start. The empire will be partitioned by Carpathia and the Byzantine Empire in later start dates but can be formed once again if you are either Bulgarian or Bolghar and meet certain requirements.

-Byzantine Emperors in 867 can gain the decision to destroy the Bulgarian Empire and annex it’s territory. Follow the path of Basil II and become The Bulgar Slayer !

Note:I am not responsible for translations nor keeping them up to date

Chinese : https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3090564070

This mod as of right now is not compatible with More Provinces Expanded . I will try to resolve this issue when I have the time.
Otherwise unless written here this mod should be compatible with others, the mods found in the collection below I can confirm are compatible with Western Steppe Expanded
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3491755545

Special thanks to the modder AlphaQmaster for their work creating icons for the mod, you can check more of their work here
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3277534576

Special thanks to Celticus and the team at Ethnicities & Portraits Expanded for allowing use of their mods assets for this mod
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2507209632&searchtext=ethnici

A very special thanks as well to all the people on the CK3 Mod Co-op Discord who without their help I wouldn't have been able to make this