# Expansion Features

- States without devastation in a country with positive stability will slowly accumulate progress to become prosperous. Properous states produce more goods and are cheaper to develop in.
- You can now enact edicts in a state, increasing state maintenance by 200% for a benefit for at least one year.
- Ages now have objectives that can be fullfilled, and provide power projection if they do.
- You can now gain splendor though fullfilling objectives in an age, and splendor can be spent on purchasing abilities.
- Abilities for Age of Discovery now scripted and implemented.
- Abilities for Age of Reformation now scripted and implemented.
- You can now start a golden era that lasts for 50 years whenever you have 3 objectives in an age. This can only be done once.
- Abilities for Age of Absolutism now scripted and implemented.
- Abilities for Age of Revolutions now scripted and implemented.
- Added Empire of China mechanics (Mandate initially held by Ming in 1444)
- The Emperor of China now uses Meritocracy instead of Legitimacy. It decays by default and increases for each skill level of hired advisors.
- Countries in the Eastern Religion group and countries with horde Government can now establish Tributary States. The Tributary State subject will be expected to give Tribute every year in the form of Ducats, Monarch power or Manpower.
- Nations can now ask to become a Tributary State under another nation in the Eastern Religion group and/or with horde Government.
- Added "Force Tributary State" Casus Belli available to the Celestial Emperor on neighbouring countries.
- Added force Tributary State peace option.
- Tributary States can now accept or refuse sending tribute. Trust increases if accepted, decreases if refused. A message is sent to the Overlord if refused.
- Tributary States from history are now disabled if starting game without Mandate of Heaven DLC.
- Tributary States can call their Overlord in defensive wars, though accepting the call is optional.
- Tributary States don't get the "Subject Nation" penalty modifier.
- The Emperor of China can now use 20 Meritocracy to enact Decrees that last for 10 years and give various bonuses. Only one can be active at once.
- Five new Subject Interactions for Daimyos.
- Confucian countries now have a Harmony value. Harmony affect Tolerance of True Faith, development cost and legitimacy and increases yearly but is reduced if you convert provinces to Confucianism and when Harmonizing with other religions.
- Confucian countries can now Harmonize with other religions within their group and religion groups. Once a religion has been Harmonized into Confucian teachings, that religion will be treated as a Syncretic religion with no maluses.
- Manchu-culture nations can now recruit banners from Manchu culture states. Banners don't cost manpower, but cost corruption to recruit, and money to reinforce. They also give a discipline bonus.
- You can now give the order to do an artillery barrage for mil power. This creates a breach in the fort, but you need 1 artillery per fortlevel for it.
- Shogunate government type has three special interactions that affect themselves and all daimyos.
- Macro Builder: The new Diplomacy Tab allows you to list all target countries for specific Diplomatic Actions. Clicking an action in the list will open a Diplomacy Dialogue with the target country.
- Shinto countries now have an isolationism level that can be changed through incidents that trigger during the game. There are 8 possible incidents.