Will never spread to provinces owned by tribal governments, including Siberian and native councils.

This essentially means it spreads more slowly to non-European provinces and low-development backwaters.

Generic neighbor province spread reduced to half.

I tried implementing the above but it didn’t work due to hardcoded limitations, so Feudalism now simply has an 80% tech penalty instead of 50%.

This means that in 1444, the tech penalty is 50% (same as vanilla) but over the first 100 years of the game it will tick up to 150% for those who still haven’t embraced it.

'Starting year' for Feudalism is now 1394, and tech penalty will go up to 150% rather than 50%.

Passive spread through non-friendly provinces is now negated.

Reduced spread for Steppe Hordes, Siberian Clan Councils, and Native Councils.

A clever ruler will also note that conquering provinces with desired institutions is a viable alternative to waiting for them to spread… Just don’t bite off more than you can chew! Institutions can still be reinvented through development, but they will have a hard time spreading and may be very costly to create from nowhere. Furthermore, the final institution, Enlightenment, cannot be embraced by any nation that isn’t in the Western, Eastern, or Anatolian tech group, meaning Europe will really move ahead near the end as the era of New Imperialism dawns.Īll hope is not lost for the rest of the world, however. All Institutions spawn in Europe, and changes to their spread make it more likely for Europeans to rise above the rest. This mod seeks to fix the Institutions problem, without going back to tech groups. Maybe an interesting fiction, but not very historical. Imported games to Victoria 2 usually end up with every single nation as Civilized. The entire world has caught up to the West, instead of falling behind them. Morocco often gets Colonialism before England does.Īnd by the last 100 years of the game, tech differences are essentially nonexistent.

Institutions spread very quickly, even to non-literate tribes in the heart of the African jungle. Native American nations typically form a western-style monarchy less than a decade after contacting Europeans. However, this never really plays out in the game thanks to the questionably balanced Institutions system. EU4 takes place during the Early Modern era, a period that is historically notable for the meteoric rise of Europe to world prominence.

Eu4 colonialism institution spawn