Love this mod, really makes minors fun

Are you planning on adding axtra cores for the sunflower patch nations? (Caucasus & Indochinese)

If it's historical, absolutely. I'll look into it. Other than that updates will be a bit more sparse now that I've gotten a lot of the base stuff into the mod, and of course there's real life and CKII (which I've absolutely fallen for), which takes some of my time away. Damn medieval dynastic simulator, why so fun?

That being said you can all expect an update fairly soon to bring this mod up to speed with version 1.2.

Wait, you add cores to Norway? Wouldn't that cause a right mess of Scandinavia, given how large Paradox has made the states there? I could maybe see Iceland, Shetland and Greenland get cored okay, but the territories lost to Sweden (Jämtland, Herjedalen, Bohuslen and parts of Norrland) were far more attractive to Norwegian nationalists in this period. However, all of them are parts of larger states in this game, rather than appropriately-sized provinces. In addition, the fascist Quisling government of Norway during the war tried to claim the Kola (it was claimed by the Norwegian kingdom until some treaty with Ivan the Terrible in the early 1500's), although the Germans shut them up. Unless you fix up the states, I don't think you can really accurately represent Norwegian nationalist-imperialist fluff in this period. I know it is a bit nitpicky, but as a historian specializing in Scandinavian far right movements, it grinds my gears. A fascist Denmark or Norway might also try to revive their early medieval claims in the British Isles, given their obsession with restoring their medieval greatness.

PS: Perhaps add a "Restore Kalmar Union" focus for the Scandinavian countries, changing the country flag and name if one of the three manages to conquer the other two?

I know, many claims and cores are kinda over the top now with the large state sizes. I do plan on tweaking state borders in the future for this purpose (Hungary/Yugoslavia and Norway/Sweden being good examples of areas with borders in need of tweaks). So far I've gone with liberal claims for gameplay purposes. No way Norway should be able to have cores all the way to the Baltic Sea when I'm done with the states there. As soon as I'm content that almost all states in need of unlockable cores/claims have those, I'll move over to work on these border tweaks and making new states (at that point I'll probably need some suggestions and maybe even a few helping hands from people playing this mod).

Regarding Kola I'll probably add the Kola claim through an event if Norway is in faction with fascist Germany and in a mutual war with the USSR, or some such thing. No way they could realistically do anything about such a claim on their own. I'm certainlly aware of the medieval Norwegian claim to all northern territory until the White Sea. As for the British Isles thing maybe the the same but requiring a mutual war with Britain.

You should make a mod that does the same things this one does, but for Ultimate Expanded States. I really love both mods and I've been trying to make a UES map with all countries released and all of them having cores either based on old/ancient empires, former countries/unions and some just where I saw it fit. Only problem is that I would want a national focus mod that just gives these cores/claims to these coutries, rather then me, having to distribute all the cores/claims with the console.
I also wanted to add 100% world tension to every country, so that they would justify on and fight against each other and make everybody either fascist or communist(although that'd be something

I want done through the focus tree). You should also be able to form the country/union/empire, if you own all cores(claims not necessary),through an event. If you're planning on doing something like what i suggested, I'd be happy to tell you some countries/unions/empires that you should be able to recreate.
Good Work and thanks for reading!

Originally posted by Mambuto:

You should make a mod that does the same things this one does, but for Ultimate Expanded States. I really love both mods and I've been trying to make a UES map with all countries released and all of them having cores either based on old/ancient empires, former countries/unions and some just where I saw it fit. Only problem is that I would want a national focus mod that just gives these cores/claims to these coutries, rather then me, having to distribute all the cores/claims with the console.
I also wanted to add 100% world tension to every country, so that they would justify on and fight against each other and make everybody either fascist or communist(although that'd be something

This could be interesting, and probably even more accurate than NE is currently because of the more and smaller states in UES (now the cores given sometimes surpasses history a bit, as some states are quite large). This would be a cooperation with the Ultimate Expanded States then I reckon, likely in the form of a submod, and I think it could be a fun mix of mods.

Unfortunately, it's probably not happening very soon though, as I work full time and then some this summer. That is, at least until I use some of the extra hours to take a long weekend or something in late July or August. But if anyone else wants to do it they can just send me a message and I'll give them my blessing and chime in with some help if they want to.

Anyways, thanks for your suggestion, it's a good choice of mods to combine.

Love the mod but there are a few features I was wondering if you could add?
1. For the focuses where Austria-Hungary gets cores and claims on it's former territories have the nations holding those territories get events where they recieve an ultimatum from Austria-Hungary simmilar to the one from the focus "Claim Translyvania"
2. When Yugoslavia loses and area (e.g. Croatia) they also lose the Nation Spirit related to that territorie and can bypass the focus that remove said nation spirit.
3. Seperate North Dobruja from Mutenia and add it as a seperate state that Bulgaria can get a claim on and later intergrate.
4. Replace the focus "Reclaim the Empire with focuses allowing you to invade Serbia and Romania with a scripited peace for Romania letting Austria-Hungary annex Mutenia, Olentia and Moldova (plus any other Imperial Lands), Bulgaria annex South and North Dobruja and the Soviet Union seizing Bessarabia
Keep Up The Great Work On The Mod!

Originally posted by CosmonautNinja:

Love the mod but there are a few features I was wondering if you could add?
1. For the focuses where Austria-Hungary gets cores and claims on it's former territories have the nations holding those territories get events where they recieve an ultimatum from Austria-Hungary simmilar to the one from the focus "Claim Translyvania"
2. When Yugoslavia loses and area (e.g. Croatia) they also lose the Nation Spirit related to that territorie and can bypass the focus that remove said nation spirit.
3. Seperate North Dobruja from Mutenia and add it as a seperate state that Bulgaria can get a claim on and later intergrate.
4. Replace the focus "Reclaim the Empire with focuses allowing you to invade Serbia and Romania with a scripited peace for Romania letting Austria-Hungary annex Mutenia, Olentia and Moldova (plus any other Imperial Lands), Bulgaria annex South and North Dobruja and the Soviet Union seizing Bessarabia
Keep Up The Great Work On The Mod!

Thanks, as stated in the comments of the mod I really like your second proposition, but as for the new states, I've finally officially decided to not make or split any more states in this mod as the compatibility issues it would cause wouldn't be worth it. I'm thinking many people use too many mods at once to risk making this mod touch on more stuff than it does nowadays, in fact I've been prioritizing compatibility nearly since the start, and even more in the recent patches.