v0.18.2

* Made Population Growth Mechanics less extreme.
* Increased the range of Transport Planes to 8,000 kilometers.
* Added the "Threat to Humanity" and "Holy War" opinion modifiers. Basically, no more trading with countries you are jihading against.
* Added basic support for a decisions system, inspired by other mods that do a similar thing.
> Added a "Dissolve our Faction" decision.
* Fixed the Aircraft Manufacturers not functioning properly.
* Fixed issues with Light Cruiser models 5 and 6.

* Events
> Added the "Abandon the EU?" event for fascists, nationalists, islamists, communists, monarchists and reactionaries. Yes, you can quit the EU now!
> Added a birth rate cheat code with which you can freely choose your birthrate. enter "event cheat.10" into the console.
> Added a "[Country] declares Jihad" event to let the world know when a country finishes the Jihad focus.
> Added a "[Country] dissolves their faction" event.
> Added an exact date trigger system that will make events trigger on the EXACT date we want them. Currently, it is only used for 9/11, because 9/11 on 9/16 was pretty silly.
> The following events were added to the ISIS/Jihad dynamic:
>> Added a hidden trigger that makes everybody hate ISIS.
>> Added a hidden event that makes Jihading nations hate every nonmuslim country and country opposite to their muslim faith. It triggers at the start of the game for ISIS and will trigger whenever a country goes on Jihad by Focus.

* Interface
> Added many new event pictures.

* National Focuses
> Going on Jihad will now make all non-islamist countries hate you - and make you hate them.
> Going on Jihad will now remove you from your faction unless all countries in it are islamist or have more than 25% islamist support.

v0.18.1

* Added the new Naval Manufacturers.
* Added the new Aircraft Manufacturers.
* Added leaders to the following countries:
> Canada
* Added new communist flags for former Soviet member states.
* Adjusted Immigration laws again. The more open laws were a bit too strong, they are now nerfed. The more closed laws are now more viable.
* Prepared the addition of Setup Events in order to depict ongoing conflicts at the start of the respective start dates.

v0.18.0.6

* Fixed the National Focus Icons not showing up correctly.

v0.18.0.5

* Added the Minsk Agreement event chain to Ukraine - the AI will now usually end the Ukrainian Civil War in white peace, but the player can refuse to do so.
* Adjusted ideology colors to be more loyal to the new icons.
* Fixed the USA 2004 Election event: John Kerry should now lose the election in an AI America 100% of the time when using historical AI focuses.
* Added new leaders to the following countries:
> Australia
> Canada
> Kyrgyzstan
> New Zealand
> Tajikistan
> Turkmenistan
> United States
> Uzbekistan
* Renamed Frigates to Light Cruisers.
* Countries that incorrectly started with Gen4/5 or Gen5 Multirole researched don't anymore.
* Fixed the Kyrgyz Army not showing up.
* Added lotsa new flags for countries up until those starting in J.
* Minor Fixes

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Happy new year, folks!

v0.18.0.4

* Fixes to the German National Focus Tree.
* Interface: Made all parties visible again, moved the Manage Subjects button.
* Added Ralph Nader (Progressive) and John Bachtell (Communist) as advisors to the United States.
* Kaliningrad is now a Russian core.
* Added new leaders to the following countries:
** Alaska
** Antigua and Barbuda
** Barbados
** Confederate States of America
** Dominica
** Germany
** Grenada
** St Lucia
** St Vincent
** Trinidad and Tobago
** United Kingdom
* Changed the colors of Dominica, St Vincent and St Lucia to make them more different from France.

v0.18.0.3

* Added new leaders to the following countries:
** Algeria
** Chad
** Cyprus
** Equatorial Guinea
** Mali
** Macau
** Mauritania

* Added military commanders to the following countries:
** Islamic State

* Fixed the South Korean leader again. This time the 2016 one.

* Moved immigration numbers up - Closed Country is now less punishing, but the more open options are more rewarding.

v0.18.0.2

* Added descriptions to the German National Focus Tree.
* Added descriptions to the Russian National Focus Tree.
* The Greater Union State and Strengthen CSTO focuses for Russia now requires Russia to be a faction leader.
* The Unite the EU focuses now take a lot longer, giving other nations more time to react and to stop the Germans.
* The Polish Workforce focus now requires Germany to take the Befriend Poland focus first.
* After splitting NATO, the Berlin Pact will not be dissolved by the Abandon Our Friends focus anymore.
* Added new leaders to the following countries:
** Central African Republic
** Republic of Congo
** Sudan
** South Sudan
** Uganda
* Fixed the leader of South Korea.
* Changed the flag and leader of monarchist Portugal.

v0.18.0.1

German National Focus Tree fixes:
* Kaiserstaat and Führerstaat focuses now are bound to their respective ideology path.
* South American Ally Focus now requires to be the faction leader.
* Fix the Bundeswehr should now work as intended on all versions.

v0.18: "Merkelreich Update"

* German National Focus Tree added.
You gain six ideological route: European Democracy, German Democracy, Defensive Communism, World Revolution, Monarchy and Fascism.
The more democratic and defensive route gain more research slots and bonuses like that, while the more aggressive routes will gain additional war goals.
* Added the Bundeswehr Shortcomings National Idea to Germany that can be fixed with the new Focus Tree.
* Added all necessary events, icons and ideas to go along with the German Focus Tree.
* Removed the German claim from Poznan. You can claim it again, though, so no worries, Hitlers-to-be!
* New Icons for the Alignment Focuses.
* New Icons for Attack Focuses.
* Restructured National Focus Icons. (Causes some bugs right now)
* Added Diplomatic Response events that can be used in the future for more player feedback.
* Added the "Sanders Craze" and the "3rd Party Surge" events to the USA.
* Added the "More Stars for the Lone Star" event to Texas.
* Fixed, overhauled and stream-lined ideology icons. Every single one is now a flag in another color, to make it more intuitive and easier to overview.
** Dark Green = Islamist
** Brown = Fascist
** Black = Nationalist
** Light Gray = Reactionary
** Purple = Monarchist
** Blue = Conservative
** Yellow = Market Liberal
** Orange = Social Liberal
** Red = Social Democrat
** Green = Progressive
** Pink = Democratic Socialist
** Maroon = Communist
* New Ideology Icons.

v0.17.0.2

* Added Cosmetic Tags for Britain to become England in case they lose control of the rest of the UK.
* Serbia now uses a Cosmetic Tag to be Yugoslavia at the start.
* Added the Montenegro Independence event.
* Added the Kosovo Independence event.
* Added the European Union Unity event. So far, it is not used, but you can trigger it by entering "event european_union.3" into the console.

This patch is presented by Walcanarus proof reading.