Yuan

Primary culture

Mongol (Altaic)

Capital province

Khanbaliq (1816)

Government

Celestial Empire

State religion

Tengri

Technology group

Chinese

Great Yuan ideas

Traditions:

+25% National manpower modifier

+20% Cavalry combat ability

Da Zai Qian Yuan

−25% Core-creation cost

A Savage Kingdom Holy and Enchanted

+10% Morale of armies

The Three Teachings and Nine Schools All Respected

−10% Technology cost

Keshik and Weijun

+10% Shock damage

A Thousand Miles as if at Home

−10% Envoy travel time

+15% Movement speed

Sino-Mongol Administration

+5% Administrative efficiency

Pax Mongolica

+10% Goods produced modifier

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[edit | edit source]

Any country of the Altaic culture group can take the decision to form Yuan.^[1]

id

Reform Great Yuan

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!

Potential requirements

Yuan does not exist.
The country:

was never an end-game nation.
is not Mughals, Qing, Ming or Manchu.
has not yet enacted this decision.
is not a colonial nation.
is in the Altaic culture group or has Sino-Altaic has as primary culture.

If the country is AI-controlled then it:

is not a custom nation
is not a former colonial nation.
has at least 8 cities

Playing with normal or historical nations.

Allow

The country:

is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is in the Altaic culture group or has Sino-Altaic has as primary culture.
is not at war.
has at least 2 stability.
owns its core provinces:
- Xilin Gol (723)
- Beijing (1816)
- Qaraqorum (4678)
- Xuanhua (2136).
owns or has a non-tributary subject own all provinces with Mongol, Korchin, Khalkha and Oirat culture.

Beijing (1816) is part of a state.
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 total development

Beijing (1816) is part of a state.

Effects

The country:

becomes Yuan.
gains 20 prestige.
gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’, unless it is a custom nation.
removes all provinces from the Holy Roman Empire, if it is a member and not an elector or the emperor.
gets a permanent claim on:
- China super-region
- Manchuria region
- Mongolia (region)
- Tibet (region)

If this decision has not been enacted before:

our changes to Sino-Altaic.
changes ruler culture to Sino-Altaic.
if the country has an heir:
- changes heir culture to Sino-Altaic.
if the country has a consort of Mongol, Korchin, Kalkha, or Oirat culture:
- changes consort culture to Sino-Altaic.
Hidden effects:
- Every province with Mongol, Korchin, Kalkha, and Oirat culture
  - changes province culture to Sino-Altaic.
- Every country with Mongol, Korchin, Kalkha, or Oirat primary culture
  - changes primary culture to Sino-Altaic.
  - changes ruler culture to Sino-Altaic.
  - if the country has an heir:
    - changes heir culture to Sino-Altaic.
  - if the country has a consort of Mongol, Korchin, Kalkha, or Oirat culture:
    - changes consort culture to Sino-Altaic.

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.

If Beijing (1816) is part of the HRE, but its owner is not a member then:

the province is removed from the HRE.
the Holy Roman Emperor:
- gets the opinion modifier “Removed provinces from the Empire” towards the owner, worth −50 opinion with a yearly decay of 1.
- loses 1 imperial authority.

Beijing (1816):

becomes the new capital of the owner country.
gains 1 base tax
gains 1 production
gains 1 manpower.
is renamed to Khanbaliq.
has its capital renamed to Khanbaliq.

AI will always take this decision.

AI gives "high priority" (400) to this decision

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

Decisions[edit | edit source]

id

Restore the Mongol Empire

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!

Potential requirements

Mongol Empire does not exist.
The country:

was never an end-game nation except Yuan
is in the Altaic or Tatar culture group or has Sino-Altaic as primary culture
is not The Papal State, Holy Roman Empire, Roman Empire.

Playing with normal or historical nations

Allow

The country:

is Yuan, Golden Horde or Ilkhanate
is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war
owns directly all colonized provinces in:
- Beijing (1816)
- Nanjing (1821)
- Canton (667)
- Mongolia region
- Central Asia region
- Pontic Steppe region
owns or any non-tributary subject owns all colonized provinces in:
- Moskva (295)
- Kiev (280)
- Khorasan region
- Persia region

Effects

The country:

becomes Mongol Empire.
becomes an empire.
if is not revolutionary:
- changes government type to 'Tribal'
- enacts 'Great Mongol State' government reform
dismantles the Empire of China if exists
gets “Increased Centralization” for 20 years, giving:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change,
- +1 national unrest.

The AI will always take this decision.

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[edit | edit source]

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.