v0.1.9.6.0 [1ae5]

● Peru focus tree has been renewed.
● Added a new focus tree to Yemen.
● [WtT] Manchuria industrial branches and obedience path rework.
● Added industrial and army trees for India, as well as a liberal branch for the democratic path.
● [Non-NSB] Restored late-game tank expansion discarded long ago in the No Step Back conversion process.

- Balance of Power system for India.
- Changed a few focus gfxs in the German focus tree.
- Aircraft carrier can now have a recon plane catapult.
- Lithuanian and some North Korea monarchist generals nerfed.
- Ship names list updated with various errors in there being fixed.
- Added TNO Map. Now the map has a darker look and is simpler.
- [NSB] Static Warfare spirit won't be available if you research mobile warfare.
- Some of the commander traits for Canada, Italy, Mexico now apply correctly.
- New historical characters and parties for African and Middle Eastern countries.
- Added a focus to prevent communist Siam from causing a rebellion in its French ally.
- Canals now link Leningrad and the White sea, they are too shallow for military ships though.
- Mannerheim will no longer serve a communist Finland due to his bourgeois reactionary mindset.
- New portraits for leaders Mohammad Mosaddegh, Mohammad Ali Foroughi and Fevzi Cakmak
- Various Middle Eastern monarchies now have a trait with their respective titles, providing a small buff to cater to their personality/rule.
- Many additional victory points throughout the Middle East, Africa, Soviet Union, China and Vietnam for all your nice-looking map needs.
- A script will convert AI armored cars into trucks every month because the current AI can't tell the difference between the two and needs trucks.
- Implemented some new historical Iraqi events. Iraq can now see the rise and fall of the Golden Square and subsequent invasion by the British, as well as occupation.
- Transport planes were drastically reduced in cost and capacity to match BBAs changes, fixing it being overly costly to use paratroopers. reducing air supply's effectiveness and increasing its relative CP cost.
- More than 570 bugs fixed.

➤ SOVIET
- Some anti-Stalin missions will remain hidden if Stalin is dead.
- Soviet spies now have a correct chance to receive Udmurtian nationality. A land of possibilities it truly is.
- New Soviet generals for Left Opposition (4 total) + less ahistorical character purged from some Centre branch focuses. In-game Stalin's paranoia now correlates more with it's historical version.

➤ USA
- Various balance adjustments to USA. (Overall buff)
- New USA focuses and corresponding Decisions “War Plan Blue.” Centered around homeland defense.

➤ BRAZIL
- There may be some problems in Brazilian states. It will be resolved in the future.
- Brazil will form the Defensul slightly later as the faction appeared a bit too early.

v0.1.9.5.9 [191d]

- Removed North Korean cores.
- A few of the Argentinian focuses have improved localization.
- Improved effects from Chilean "Preemptive Intervention" focus.
- Improved the use of 2D-3D tank assets. (mostly for NSB players)
- Sweden no longer benefits from an easy-to-hire air chief genius.
- Multiple small improvements for Albania and communist Austria.
- Adjusted the traits and roles of Czechoslovak leaders to make more sense.
-Added a missing tooltip for Chilean focus about battling the Nacistas uprising.
- Experimental dynamic name change for some states based on the controller's tag.
- Eliminated some broken decisions that caused considerable lag between each game day.
- Altered tooltips for some economic laws. Globalists around the world now tremble in fear.
- The PRC can now justify their existence earlier if they are warmongering in the early game.
- "The Between the Seas Concept" focus branch has been replaced with a decision category to influence other countries for a potential Miedzymorze alliance.
- [non-MtG] Calles loyalist civil war size will properly scale with country's stability and no longer punish the player for following suggestions.
- [NSB] Iceland is now in a personal union with Denmark. Previously this wasn't possible due to issues with its independence level.

➤ SOVIET
- Tweaked a few conditions and names regarding the Soviets demanding Karelia.
- Added two focuses featuring a potential power struggle after Stalin is taken care of.
- Operation "Hunt the Bear" allows the USSR to get rid of Stalin faster with the Centre branch.
- Decreased the tension removed after the end of the Soviet Civil War. However, the world will still remain somewhat strained.

➤ IRAN
- Some new portraits for existing Iranian advisors.
- Adjustments to Iran's 1936 political party names and popularity levels.
- A couple of new characters for Iran, including an admiral, a general, and a communist leader.

v0.1.9.5.8 - BBA [7de8]

★ Compatible with BBA update.
★ Support for a Spanish translation.
★ Added Egypt on the starting map, with a focus tree.
★ The old Mexican r56 tree has been heavily reworked.
★ Advanced tank research has been temporarily removed from the tech tree.

- Coloured subjects game rule.
- Added strait of Bab el Mandeb.
- Added some Australian focuses.
- Added historical African leaders.
- New state in Carpathian Ruthenia.
- Added Yemeni and Iraqi characters.
- Lend lease impact on war score halved.
- Historical leaders/commanders for Sri Lanka.
- Unique laws for capitulated/in exile countries.
- Added an historical Guanxi aviation instructor.
- Syria's authoritarian name and leader changed.
- Cost of overly cheap Guderian theorist doubled.
- [Non-LaR] Added leader traits for Spanish rulers.
- Slightly adjusted the positioning of the Kiel canal.
- Added shared Arab focuses relative to irregular warfare.
- Added decisions to grant medals to some special forces.
- Additional victory points in Sudan, Kenya, and Mozambique.
- Made a specific country leader available again for Greenland.
- Game rule option to choose between BBA and r56 focus trees.
- Added alternate AI behaviours for Albania and Czechoslovakia.
- Added tungsten deposits in Rwanda-Urundi and British Columbia.
- Barbarossa's mission now has some negative effects if not fulfilled.
- A specific Tibetan ruler now looks much better than he was before.
- Desert focused military branch for Arab countries with a generic tree.
- A unique conscription, trade, and economy law for capitulated countries.
- New type of game rule to add/remove cores for some releasable countries.
- [Non-BBA] Added focuses and other improvements to the r56 Ethiopian tree.
- Added a focus for France, Britain and China to purchase American weaponry.
- Added Southern Schleswig as a state to better represent Denmark claiming it.
- Added Liechtenstein to the map, though unreleased and with no focus tree yet.
- KMT economy is properly corrupted and players shall no longer be able to exploit it.
- Readjusted some of the triggers in events with the aim to improve the game's performance.
- Added decision to launch military exercises across the country with generic/shared focus trees.
- China shall no longer receive an overpowered buff if Manchukuo declares the return of the Qing.
- Added a missing nation that can be secured by democratic Canada if the latter is allied to the USA.
- [BFTB] Camelry-related focuses for Arab countries using their new branch as well was Saudi Arabia.
- Player-lead peace option restored, AI gets disabled, and the cost of every action is reduced to 0/1 now.
- Random AI behaviour selections shall work correctly for the Netherlands, Siam, South Africa, and New Zealand.
- Czechoslovakia will be less troubled by Sudeten Germans should they lose control over those specific territories.
- Israel's 'Zionist Consensus' national spirit has been buffed slightly to better prepare for a potentially hostile Egypt.
- Impassable zones now represent the high mountains even the bravest of mountaineers would not be climbing up.
- Asymmetrical Warfare Doctrine no longer provides 10% recruitable population. No human wave tactics from now on.
- Mao Zedong and other committed communists like Zhu De won't be available if you decide to "destroy the communists."
- Selecting any language but English now changes the starting event into a warning that you should change language selection.
- A new game rule in the UI section allowing players to apply the overlord colour to the subject states/only low-level subject states.
- Molotov Line will no longer stretch into German-occupied Poland, no matter how much the foreign minister might have liked that idea.
- A small number of cosmetic tags now apply properly. This includes Banana Empire, Russian Federation, Peru-Bolivian Confederation, and some other formables.
- [LaR] Player shall now have easier time fighting the "garrison influence" mechanics before the SCW - timer delay for them was heavily increased for the opposing AI.

➤ UKRAINE
- Added Crimean mountains.
- Military-industrial focus branch for Ukraine.

➤ MEXICO
- Added new air chief for Mexico.
- Removed poorly balanced designers from Mexican r56 tree.

➤ NETHERLAND
- Lowered the cost of hiring one Dutch advisor.
- [MtG] Clearer conditions and requirements for Dutch political tree.

➤ ARGENTINA
- Added Argentine characters and some focuses.
- Decision for Argentina to core the British islands in the area if they own them.

➤ GREECE
- [BfTB] Slightly buffed Metaxas as the leader.
- Greece can demand the Dodecanese from anyone who controls them.
- [BfTB] Uncovered a few hidden effects in the Greek focus tree for a better game clarity.

➤ TURKEY
- Misak-ı Milli formable has been removed.
- Turkey can reach the Misak-i Milli path after 1.1.1938 and when it has 300.000 army manpower.

➤ GERMANY
- Germany's "Defeat Western Communism" correctly provides war goals.
- Increased the manpower requirements for fascist Germany expansionist focuses.
- Some pre-NSB advisors were finally restored for Germany, they were of low priority.
- Game rules to add cossack and regional German cores, for those who really like map fragmentation.

➤ SOVIET UNION
- Added new white Russians.
- Soviets can now properly select a focus to demand Aegean islands if Turkish lands are in their grip.
- [NSB] AI Strategy plan for democratic USSR -> Russia. Now with the complete dissolution of the USSR.

➤ UNITED KINGDOM
- [LaR] Fixed the UK Cryptologic Bomb idea not applying properly.
- Added tungsten deposits in Rwanda-Urundi and British Columbia.
- [MTG] Britain will no longer leave the Commonwealth Research Group should a single dominion break away.

➤ POLAND
- Communist Poland now can enjoy a very original faction name.
- [NSB] Monarchist path for Poland can now select a chief of army.
- Added a decision to Poland should they become closely aligned with Germany. A token of cooperation.
- Polish scientists now require strong industrial support to provide the country with 5th and 6th research slots.
- Polish Peasant Union shall no longer receive the wrong branch of the focus tree after the civil war completion.

➤ ROMANIA
- The Balkan diplomacy decisions are no longer unavailable if you do Invite Romania.
- [DoD and NSB] Romania can unlock some army spirits for free by increasing the size of their reserve divisions or creating an armored division.

➤ PORTUGAL
- [LaR] Increased the cost of a very strong Portugal air chief.
- [Non-LaR] Portugal starts with 3 research slots and added an extra focus to gain a maximum of 6. Also slightly reduced the starting war support.

➤ ITALIA
- Added colonial focuses for Italian East Africa.
- Merged many old Italian focuses (38 total) on top of already existing vanilla Italian Tree. More interactions, more expansions, more colonial development.
- [Non-BBA] Added a small monarchist/democratic branch for Italy should the player decide to oppose the reign of Il Duce.

v0.1.9.5.8 - BBA Patch Mk1 [11cf]

The full version is not yet completely finished, but the first version is ready. Patch notes will be written when the full version is released.

v0.1.9.5.7 [94c1]

- Tweaked some Iranian generals.
- Etatism economy law for Turkey.
- Sweden has been added to the bookmark.
- Added Better Preset Colors mod. (Cr: Ayzo ツ)
- Decisions to form a new nation were reinstated.
- Added Leaders for Mali, Sierra Leone, and others.
- The Peru focus tree has been removed for a while.
- Added the Virgin Islands to the Caribbean formable.
- World will be less on fire after the Soviet civil war ends.
- Removed some of the releasables from the game rules.
- Cuba now has more accurate historical resources in Oriente.
- The Sikules can now become Hungary if they control the country.
- [LAR] Added some communist focuses to the Portuguese focus tree.
- Added Miklós Kállay as a leader of Hungary if you puppet the country.
- Added 2 new Victory Points to Cuba: Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba.
- Updated some rubber production to be a bit more consistent with 1936 data.
- Game rule to remove some less relevant releasable tags in non-colonial regions.
- Recruiting Flemish generals shall no longer accidentally give you a Walloon one.
- [WTT] China's relocation focus was hidden from people who lack the necessary DLC.
- Added Cuban, Georgian, Moroccan and Colombian historical characters and leaders.
- The duration of 5 focus on the Ottoman path of the Turkish focus tree has been reduced.
- Updated state population totals in Cuba to more accurate numbers per their latest census at the time.
- Added the Diplomacy Alignment Triangle we know from Hearts of Iron 3 (Cr: Drowse, Yard1, Cheporef)
- Misak-ı Milli formable has arrived. To open this formable, you need to complete the Misak-ı Milli focus.
- Being the illegitimate government, Manchuria will lose all its cores should it be annexed in a peace deal.
- Most famous dictators and some specific nationalists will be more reluctant to invite random countries into their factions.
- [MTG] The UK focus "Decolonization" now removes most of the former dominions free without a weird "white peace" option.
- [MTG] "The British Communist Alternative" no longer removes the faction, but only renames it, saving a bit of the headache for UK players.
- Mongolian border raids have now increased timer and AI is "taught" to not target democracies or neutral countries too often. Doesn't apply to pro-Japanese imperialists though!
- Both the cost of political power and its qualifications have been regulated in the Finance, Nationalization and War Bonds laws and the Economy Laws in the State Policies section.
- More than 278 bugs fixed.

➤ GERMANY
- Democratic Germany focus to get colonies. (1 new focus)
- R56 Monarchist Germany can send volunteers after stabilizing now.
- After many gentle reminders, R56 German civil war sides will reset their color after winning.
- [WTT] Road to 56 Germany can get Victoria. (and restore the HRE, might later get a mini-branch)
- [NSB] Lowered the cost for some rather-unimpressive political advisors of the Left Opposition in the Soviet focus tree.
- [NSB] Improvements to the Russian “Beaten, but not Defeated” tree: sped up some focuses, many enhanced focus rewards, and generally improved the branch’s layout.

➤ SOVIET
- Changed the logo of the Soviet Agency.
- Orthodox religious focuses are more impactful.
- Restored NSB cosmetic tags (Russian Empire green again)
- Added new Forest infantry focus, better layout + conditions.
- Triple Entente focus for non-NSB players of the Soviet Union.
- Fixed description for tooltip when trying to release nations as Soviet.
- Protecting Poland as the Soviets gives less tension than demanding the East.
- Adjustments and small fixes to the Tsarist portion of the Russian/Soviet focus tree.
- Lowered the duration for some of the Left Opposition focuses depending on their corresponding rewards.
- Okhrana agency condition (from prev commit) reduced addition of non-communist party popularity (makes civil war slightly harder)

- Hotfix

v0.1.9.5.6 [0595]

- New states in Iran.
- AI arrangement in general.
- Two new advisors for Mongolia.
- AI game rule options for Venezuela.
- Nerfed some of the Lithuanian generals.
- Removed censorship on some Czechoslovak events.
- Flags of communist Egypt and fascist Iraq were changed.
- Added AI-only idea so Iceland doesn't join Axis when attacked.
- Added an additional starting menu option to buff the Comintern.
- Expanded text and flavors for a few commonly seen news events.
- Germany shall no longer be able to receive a seventh research slot.
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram now loves artillery, but is a bit weaker on attack.
- The portraits of Stanley Baldwin and Fumimaro Konoe have been replaced.
- Limited amount of maximum achievable research slots by Manchuria to six.
- New event picture for USSR/Russia should the Third Year Plan be disrupted.
- Siam (AI) shall be hardly inclined to join the GEACPS and not Axis on historical settings.
- The icon of the Anarchism, Democratic Group and Nazism ideology has been changed.
- Added two decisions to Ukraine to allow them to rename their cities to their Ukrainian versions.
- Few of the Chinese industrial and equipment concerns were tweaked and merged to prevent confusion.
- Replaced over 60+ randomly triggering events with decisions, follow-up events, missions, on actions and more. (It will show an increase in performance.)
- Added a new industrial decision to China, PRC and warlords which now more coherently replaces the industrial debuffs.
- "GER/SOV/ENG Air/Tank Cooperation" focuses will provide more country-specific bonuses and be less about overpowered Austrian Wunderwaffe.
- [BFTB] Reworked/rebalanced various ideas which are applied to Turkey via the "Six Arrows" decision categories. Now with clear tooltips and consistent effects. Additional bonus: pursuing secularism makes Kemalist officers much more devoted to the Republic!
- More than 200 bugs fixed.

● Sweden focus tree has been renewed.

➤ SWEDEN
- New decisions.
- New advisors.
- New events.
- Added new leaders.
- Added new companies.
- Changes in ideas.

➤ USA
- New advisors have arrived.
- There have been changes in AI.
- New focus tree GFXs has arrived.
- All modifications have been edited.
- Added 11 new focuses to the focus tree.
- War Plans Division and War Department paths have been adjusted.
- USA national spirit "Pentagon" was tweaked to apply its buff correctly.

➤ PERU
- Added 2 new focuses.
- Minor changes in ideas.

➤ MINOR FOCUS TREE CHANGES
FRENCH INDOCHINA - The duration of the Plan Mandel focus has been increased to 70 days.
BRAZIL - Added a new focus called International Volunteers.
GERMANY [R56] - Added 2 new focuses.
NETHERLANDS - Reduced the duration of Abondon the Gold Standard and Obtain Foreign Colonial Investments focus.

v0.1.9.5.5 [24b0]

- New states in Indonesia.
- Tweaked a few advisor traits.
- News event if Danzig joins Germany on its own.
- New map mode for showcasing claims and cores.
- Slightly reshuffled the Soviet "Comintern" branch.
- Replaced a few event pictures for Czechoslovakia.
- France will now guarantee Belgium upon the game start.
- Mongolia sided with Peru on the country selection screen.
- New map mode to show clearly what are your claims and cores.
- Tweaked a few focuses in the Polish tree on historical branches.
- [LAR] Slightly buffed reward from the Spanish focus "Ensure Loyalty".
- [WTT] Shortened duration and buffed some of the Manchurian focuses.
- Adding new batallion to your division will cost now 4 and not 5 army xp.
- Slightly adjusted the positioning of various branches in Austrian focus tree.
- Northern Ma Clique states have been reshaped following the historical borders.
- Removed and reworked many outdated events which slowed down the game.
- The little Soviet ally in the East now has a focus tree. (Temuchin is not included.)
- Minor changes to the Argentina, Brazil, Findland, Iran and Germany AI Strategy.
- Added unique traits to warlords in China trying to match their backgrounds and deeds.
- Generic focus "Isolated State" is now unavailable if the country is a subject or is at war.
- Replaced a few events in the Congolese and Belgian focus trees with clearer decisions.
- Highly customized 3-way civil war and other major changes in Germany's Road to 56 tree.
- Replaced one of the infantry specialists for Canada to prevent overstacking of specific bonuses.
- Expanded protesting possibilities for the Interventionist USA if various countries do aggressive focuses.
- "Developed Rural Region" now has 3 initial building slots instead of 5 to match the state status properly.
- Added decisions to rename Königsberg for communist Germany, Poland, Stalinist and non-communist Russia, Lithuania.
- [BFTB] Allowed the DLC-less event to kill Ataturk to fire after everything else if you own Battle for the Bosporus in order to ensure that Ataturk doesn't become immortal.
- [WTT] Infiltration decision for PRC together Power Struggle and anti-infiltration campaigns including industrial evacuations for China were made more accessible and easier to navigate.
- More than 381 bugs fixed.

➤ ITALY
- Reduced the duration of Rebuild the North and Christian Democracy focus.
- Italian focus "Ultimatum to Albania" now targets the Albanian rebels as well.

v0.1.9.5.4 [4a59]

- Changed the leader portraits of some countries.
- Turkey's color of appearance became red.
- Added Garrison troop and Mechanized Shocktroop.
- Changed the German and communist England flag.
- Replaced the uncensored version of the German flag on some focus trees.
- Minor changes to the Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Finland and Iran AI Strategy.
- Added the buff to tank armor while also slightly adjusting the nerf to Anti-Tank to make it less severe.
- Adjusted 151 focus tree icons and changed the appearance of some ideology groups.
- More than 108 bugs fixed.

➤ LITHUANIA [R56]
- New decisions.
- New advisors.
- New events.
- Added new leaders.
- Added Amlit company.
- Minor changes in ideas.
- A new fascist flag has arrived.
- Lithuania can now go the monarchist focus path.
(The bottom focus is not used because the focus tree is not completely finished.)

➤ FRANCE
- Tools Modernisation focus has been 70 days.
- Minor changes in focus tree.

➤ SIAM
- The Siam focus tree has undergone an edit and has been slightly modified.

➤ PHILIPPINES
- Worldwide Intervention and Seize Illegal Weapons Manufacturer Plantsfocus has been 35 days.

- Hotfix