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Amour pour l'Espagne

“If only Spain’s enemies were foreigners… All those who, with the sword, the pen, or the word, worsen and perpetuate the nation's woes are Spaniards.”
- Amadeo I of Savoy, King of Spain

“Perhaps no other country, except Turkey, is as little known and as poorly judged by the rest of Europe as Spain.”
- Karl Marx

“Anyone who wishes to understand to what extent a great state can be weakened and ruined should study the history of Spain.”
- Thomas Macaulay, British Secretary of War


Despite the potentially misleading title, yes, this mod is focused on bringing content to Spain (which desperately needs it). The name comes from the fact that the mod was originally going to focus on both France and Spain, but after the release of "Voice of the People," all plans were scrapped.

The goal of the mod is to enhance the Spanish 19th-century experience, aiming to make it as painful as it was in real life. My aim is to gradually improve it until Paradox decides to release their own Spain DLC. As Paradox gradually reveals the content for 'Iberian Twilight' towards the end of the year, I'll decide which direction the mod will take.

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• New entries and content for Haiti.
  • La Trinitaria
    
  • La Trinitaria: Political Instability
    
  • New modifiers for Haiti reflecting Dominican independence movements. Haiti is now much more difficult.
  
  
• New entries and content for Cuba.
  • Entry related to Cuban plantations
    
  • Cuban agitators. Máximo Gómez and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, who will fight for the island’s freedom
    
  • Entry to reflect Cuban independence movements
    
  • New starting modifier for Cuba reflecting its agrarian economy.
  
  
• New entries and content for the Philippines.
  • 1 new entry for unifying the archipelago
    
  • Entries related to piracy in the Sulu Sea
  
  
• Cuba and the Philippines have new types of diplomatic pacts.
  
• 2 new entries allowing the liberation of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
  
• 24 new exclusive entries for Spain.
  
• New locations and states. Ceuta and Melilla & Cabo Juby, along with Ciudad Real, Almería, Plasencia, and Alhucemas.
  
• 80 new events.
  
• Maria Christina starts as regent with a new government type: "Regency."
  
• First Carlist War implemented.
  
• Andalusian banditry represented.
  
• Progressive Movement.
  
• Carlist, Moderate, and Progressive ideologies.
  
• Dynamic Carlism with a political movement.
  
• New historical characters (some with unique DNA).
  
• Various additions and much more.
  
• 2 new "Diplomatic Strategies" for Spain, focusing on consolidating its rule over the Philippines and reclaiming Santo Domingo.

• The Philippines start with a pro-Spanish lobby.
  
• Cuba starts with Agrarianism, Oligarchy, and Land-Based Taxation laws to better reflect its historical reality.
  
• Spain controls some Micronesian islands. There were already some Spanish outposts in islands like Guam.
  
• New political, economic, and diplomatic starting situation for Spain. Spain also starts with extra technologies in the Society tree.
  
• Spain starts with the Colonial Resettlement law active. To balance this, it also has a temporary colonization speed modifier.
  
• Spain starts with claims on Western Sahara. Meanwhile, Morocco loses its claim, as it doesn’t make sense in this historical context, but retains its claim on Cabo Juby.
  
• Melilla and the Canary Islands are now incorporated states.
  
• France starts with claims in Mauritania and Senegal (this small tweak significantly improves Africa’s map by preventing the British from taking over the Sahara).

I've tried to keep this mod as independent as possible from Victoria’s base code to ensure maximum compatibility with other mods. However, some changes were unavoidable.

It will not work if another mod modifies the distribution of POPs or buildings in Southern Europe at the game's start. Additionally, it is not compatible with mods that add or modify initial states (provinces) in the game. Nor is it compatible with mods that alter the initial military formations in the game (00_military_formations_europe.txt).


- Spanish.
- English. Automatically translated, so there may be some minor grammatical errors.
- Polish!? Huge thanks to @WarpWhistle79 for the translation. The latest version is from October 3, 2024 - [Outdated].
- Korean!? Huge thanks to @Delacroix for the translation. The latest version is from March 29, 2025.


Since I see people interested in this, please, if you plan to reuse part of my code for your own project, I would greatly appreciate it if you let me know first. In the end, this has no official rights or anything, so if you want to use something, go ahead—but please mention where you got it from in your mod.


- Carlist ideology icon - From the mod VTM (Victoria Tweaks Mod) by Doodlez and OPB (One Proud Bavarian). If there are any issues, please let me know, and I’ll remove it without hesitation.

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WARNING! Since I'm not an experienced modder with 20 years in the trade, you’ll probably encounter some bugs or exploits in the mod. Please report any issues in the comments so I can check which part of the code has broken.



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