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Institution Rework

This mod reworks institutions to make them more dynamic and less euro-centric. Here, extra-European states can spawn all institutions, potentially leaving Europe backward and weak. The goal is more about fun gameplay than historical accuracy. I tried to optimize the spawn parameters to make them attainable while still requiring effort.

This mod should be compatible with any other mods that do not alter institutions.

Features

Institution Rebalance
All institutions are rebalanced with different spawn parameters and spread rates. The spawn conditions for an institution are also its spread conditions. This means that if both Korea and England are eligible to spawn Renaissance, both will receive it, as both fulfilled the spawn parameters (although if the game randomly selected England as the spawn point, Korea would have to wait a few years).

Institution Spread
Institutions spread much more slowly, which means there will be a greater disparity between advanced and backward nations for a longer time. Institutions will not necessarily reach every part of the world before faraway conquerors do. Manufactories, for example, typically just spawns everywhere simultaneously and means nothing. In this mod, it spreads very slowly without infrastructure. If you want punctual institutions, you need to fulfill the spawn conditions. Spread is even slower in low-development provinces, so wide empires with low development will have difficulty embracing institutions.

Backwardness
I never liked that EUIV had no concept of conservative states rejecting reforms. So, I changed the religious idea group to incur maluses to institution spread. If you have an inquisition, institutions will spread either very slowly or not at all. Perhaps Ming will take religious ideas and be the backward state it became historically, or perhaps it will take innovative ideas and make tributary states out of the backward European barbarians