Yuan

Yuan

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Primary culture

Mongol (Altaic)

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Capital province

Khanbaliq (1816)

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Government

Celestial Empire

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State religion

Tengri

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Technology group

Chinese

Great Yuan ideas

Traditions:

+25% National manpower modifier

+20% Cavalry combat ability

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Da Zai Qian Yuan

−25% Core-creation cost

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A Savage Kingdom Holy and Enchanted

+10% Morale of armies

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The Three Teachings and Nine Schools All Respected

−10% Technology cost

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Keshik and Weijun

+10% Shock damage

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A Thousand Miles as if at Home

−10% Envoy travel time

+15% Movement speed

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Sino-Mongol Administration

+5% Administrative efficiency

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Pax Mongolica

+10% Goods produced modifier

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Ambition:

+10% Governing capacity modifier

Yuan is a formable country in Asia. Historically, the Yuan Dynasty was founded in China in 1271 after the Mongol Conquests to serve the legitimacy of the Mongol emperors. However, they were overthrown just under a century later and replaced by the Ming Dynasty.

Formation

Any country of the Altaic culture group can take the decision to form Yuan.

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Reform Great Yuan

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The heirs of Kublai Khan once ruled over all Chinese and Mongol lands. Let us rise to reclaim the legacy of the old Yuan and crush the weaker lineages that have attempted to claim the Empire that is our birthright!

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Potential requirements Yuan does not exist. The country: is in the Altaic culture group. was never an end-game tag is not Mughals, Qing, Ming or Manchu. is not a colonial nation. has not yet enacted this decision. If the country is AI-controlled, then: it can not be a custom nation. it can not be a former colonial nation. it must own at least 8 cities.	Allow The country: is not at war. is not a subject nation other than a tributary state. has a stability of at least 2. owns its core provinces Xilin Gol (723), Beijing (1816), Qaraqorum (2190), and Xuanhua (2136). owns or has a non-tributary subject own all provinces of Mongol, Korchin, Khalkha, and Oirat culture. If Mandate of Heaven DLC is active and there is an Emperor of China: then the country must be Emperor of China. else if Common Sense DLC is active: the country must be an empire. else: the country must have 1000 development
Effects If Beijing (1816): is a part of the Holy Roman Empire but the country is not a member of the HRE then Beijing (1816) leaves the HRE. the emperor of the HRE: loses 1 imperial authority. gets the opinion modifier “Removed provinces from the Empire” towards the country, worth −50 opinion with a yearly decay of 1. Beijing (1816): becomes the capital of the country. gains 1 base tax, 1 production, and 1 manpower. is renamed to Khanbaliq. has its capital renamed to Khanbaliq. The country: becomes Yuan. gets a permanent claim on every province of China, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Tibet that it does not own. gains 20 prestige. If Yuan: is a member of the Holy Roman Empire but not the emperor or an elector then all its provinces are removed from the HRE. is not using custom ideas then it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’. Xilin Gol (723): is renamed to Xanadu. has its capital renamed to Xanadu. Xuanhua (2136): is renamed to Zhongdu. has its capital renamed to Zhongdu.

Own core (red), own or non-tributary subject own (blue), permanent claims after formation (yellow)

Decisions

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Restore the Mongol Empire

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The empire of Genghis Khan has fallen, broken into many parts. We must restore his legacy by replicating the Great Khan's conquests. We will reconquer the Mongol Empire!

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Potential requirements The country: is Yuan, Golden Horde or Ilkhanate; is in the Altaic or Tatar culture group; Mongol Empire does not exist; is not The Papal State, Holy Roman Empire, Roman Empire.	Allow The country: is not a subject nation other than a tributary state. is at peace; owns directly Beijing (1816), Nanjing (1821) and Canton (667); owns directly all colonized provinces in the following regions: Mongolia, Central Asia, Pontic Steppe; owns directly or through a non-tributary subject the following regions: Khorasan, Persia; owns directly or through a non-tributary subject: Moskva (295) and Kiev (280). AI will always enact this decision.
Effects Qaraqorum (2190): becomes the capital of the country. The country: becomes Mongol Empire. gets empire rank. changes government type to tribal adds government reform Great Mongol State gets the modifier “Increased Centralization” for 20 years with the following effects: −0.05 monthly autonomy change, +1 national unrest. Empire of China: is dismantled if the Emperor of China exist.

All colonized provinces in orange must be owned to form the Mongol Empire. Provinces in red must be owned or owned by a non-tributary subject.

Strategy

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Yuan. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

Re-establishing the Yuan dynasty brings great rewards due to its superb idea set, which combines military and expansionary power. There are, however, a number of disadvantages if one becomes the Emperor of China. Becoming the emperor changes technology type into Chinese. This is a rather severe malus if one is playing as a horde nation, especially with the Cossacks Expansion enabled. Forming Yuan will remove the permanent CB on all neighboring countries and the raze mechanic, the latter arguably the strongest single mechanic in the game, single handedly solving all Monarch Point concerns, allowing constant truce breaks, and even managing over extension. For greatest blobbing potential, the player should hold off on the decision to change government type, if they ever change at all.

One can avoid these disadvantages by instead dismantling the Mandate of Heaven by annexing the current Emperor without taking the Mandate. The requirement for forming Yuan will then be to have empire rank (or 1000 development if the Common Sense expansion isn't active) instead of being Emperor of China. This allows one to retain one's government type and tech group after forming Yuan. One of the easiest ways to go about this is playing as Oirat, which has a mission that makes the initial war with Ming very easy. Losing the war will most likely send Ming into a doom spiral that will make China easy pickings later on. One can work on obtaining the required provinces between wars with Ming, or more likely the Chinese minors that will declare independence from Ming.

There is a certain amount of poetry involved in Chinese history, and that is a not insignificant motivator, but if one's goal is a World Conquest, be very careful. The Imperialism CB comes only much later, and taking lands without severely tanking your Diplomatic Monarch Points will either require laborious work from your precious diplomats, or the Holy War CB from Religious Ideas.

Though, if the player is beginning as a non horde, there is something to be said about conquering Altaic land, culture flipping and forming Yuan for the claims on all of the China super-region, hopefully setting up for Absolutism with all the nice Chinese land and the trade node in Beijing.

Achievements

Back in Control

Form Yuan and be the only nation holding land in China.