GXC, YUN, SZC, HNN, XSM, SHX, SIK, TIB, MON: renaming Federalist Puppets

[HumorousProse]

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Quick questions HOI4 version: 1.11.12.82b4 Kaiserreich version: the last version I played was 0.21.1, but I don't think this is in 0.21.2

Describe the specific change you would like:

• (This might be too long a suggestion but I did want to put it here just in case Alpinia, Flamefang or Vidyaorszag saw it; I can put this on the subreddit if that's better)

• Similar to the LKMT and Qing, tags that align with the Federalists should have their names and flags change, perhaps when they are puppeted (i.e. when Chen Jiongming nationalises their forces)

• The names of the tags would replace 'Clique' with 'Administration', and also reflect other changes

• SZC doesn't apply if that is the main Federalist tag, it only changes if it's a puppet of GXC

• All the other tags are the same whether GXC or SZC is Federalist leader

• YUN is renamed from 'Yunnan Clique' to 'Yun-Gui Administration' (to cover the fact that YUN controls both Yunnan and most of Guizhou)

• SZC is renamed from 'Sichuan Clique' to 'Sichuan Administration'

• HNN is renamed from 'Hunan Clique' to 'Hunan Administration'

• XSM is renamed from 'Ma Clique' to 'Xibei Administration' to reflect the fact that the Ma control more than just one province in 1936

• SHX is renamed from 'Shanxi Clique' to 'Shaan-Jin Administration', which can cover both Yan Xishan or Feng Yuxiang submitting to the Feds, and reflects the fact that SHX is comprised of most of the territories of both provinces

• SIK is renamed from 'Xinjiang Clique' to 'Xinjiang Administration'

• TIB is renamed from 'Tibet' to 'Tibetan Administration'

• MON is renamed from 'Mongolia' to 'Mongolian Administration'

Explain the reasoning behind this actionable change:

• These changes represent the fact that, even if a province is ruled by a warlord clique, that clique is administering their province on behalf of, and subordinate to, the central Federal government
• Also because I don't think the Feds would continue to refer to the nationalised provinces as Cliques, because they don't approve of unscrupulous, stratocratic and arguably kleptocratic regimes, but of regimes that make a genuine effort to improve and develop their province, such as SocCon or SocDem Hunan
• Like the KMT and the Qing, these renaming changes would emphasise the cliques' subordinate status compared to the central Federalist tag, and its authority and legitimacy as a contender for national unification

Additional context or comments:

• I've made some mockup flags for the various tags that you could just copy or change as you see fit, to make them more distinguishable/unique, but these are just proof-of-concept. Each of the flags has the character representative of that province/provinces.

• YUN 雲貴 (yungui)

• SZC 川 (chuan)

• HNN 湘 (xiang)

• XSM 西北 (xibei)

• SHX 陝晉 (shaanjin)

• SIK 新 (xin)

• TIB 藏 (zang)

• MON 蒙古 (menggu)

[Alpinia]

This is being actively worked on, but I cannot guarantee it'll be ready for the next patch due to the size of the changes.

[HumorousProse]

Ah, that's good to hear. Of course there's no hurry, and I'm sure there are other things which take priority over this, which is honestly quite a minor change in terms of importance (though maybe not scale), so please take your time. Thanks for all the work you do @Alpinia!