jebates said: Looks good! I would post it in the suggestions forum. I never thought that they would change Trent, but they did. You may want to add some scholarly links or such, Paradox really likes those. Click to expand...

Now I know that this has been suggested before, but I don't know if in the exact same way. So here comes a wall of text.So my suggestion in a nutshell is to add the Slovenian culture/nation/state.For those who do not know where that is, here is a map of Slovenian areas in around the 15. century.(the striped areas are areas of high colonisation, sorry I couldn't find a beter map)With a broader look: (relative to the Austro-Hungarian empire, in 1911)- Other cultures, for example Croatian (under Hungary) is implemented. The (fairly) recent addition of other cultures like Slovakian or Muscovite (I mean really?) have proved that Paradox is willing to add new cultures into the game.- States that haven't existed in the timeline are present. For example Iceland.- Smaller cultures are implemented, not to mention extinct cultures available in the nation designer.- Add Slovenian in the base game.- Add a formable/releasable state of Carniola/Carantania as a national Slovene state.Now you must be saying: "Very well, a valid point. This brings me to my third point...There are more ways to do it. Two of them don't make Austria weaker at all.- Add Slovenian as a separate culture. Strait into the Balkan south Slavic group. Most simple, straight up way of doing it. Also makes Austria weaker.- Add it as a culture accessible from the culture convert-screen. The Cossacks DLC added in a way to culture convert to a culture different from your own. This is great and all, but it also adds the possibility to add in a culture without weakening a country. Just add it as a secondary culture and add an achievement related to Slovenia and voila!- Add it as a new culture separate from Austrian. And to avoid weakening Austria, add it to the Germanic culture group. "". Yes, yes it most certainly is. But Slovakian is in the Carpathian group, which is equally wrong. And to be honest I am willing to overlook it if it means having Slovenian in the game.Indeed, this is really weird. An (at least partially) independent duchy of Carantania existed up until 828 and the coronation of Carinthian dukes (the Habsburgs) was in Slovenian language until 1414 (-ish I dont know the exact date), when the Duke said: "I am sorry, but I don't understand your language" and walked away. Even though the duchy was only located on what is now northern Slovenia and comprised mostly of now Austrian lands it is still considered as the Slovenian predecessor.A largely unknown state of Carniola also existed in actual present day Slovenia, but most of records of it were lost.So here is what I personally think should be the extent of such a state:Explanation:In yellow: CroatianIn black: AustrianIn green: Italian culturesIn blue: The proposed Slovenian culture and stateIn light blue: The province of Karnten.Karnten I think shouldAustrian, but if you wanted to buff Slovenia there's that.Istria (or Istra in Slavic), I don't know if it's Croatian or Venetian in the game. But both cultures were present there IRL so I forgot.I suggest not adding in Slovenia as "Slovenia" but as "Carinthia" or "Carniola" whichever you like. The reason for this is that the actual name "Slovenian" didn't exist back then. But the culture did.Anyhow, here are some translations:- Krain (ger) - Kranjska (slo)- Gorz (ger) - Gorica (slo)- Karnten (ger) - Koroška (slo)- Istria (ita) - Istra (slo, hr)- Graz (ger) - Gradec (slo)Now I'm gonna stop here although some other Italian and German provinces do have Slovenian names.EDIT: As suggested by jebates,Here are some neat science-histrory links if anyone is interested:-Caritnthia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carantania -Carniola (or Carneola) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carneola -Slovene history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenes#History -Early alpine Slavic settlement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_settlement_of_the_Eastern_Alps Tell me what you think. I'd love some feedback and especially Paradox to see this and at least say yes/no. I respect their opinion either way because they're the best strategy game studio and I thrust them to know what's best.