Wolferos
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5 months ago Thanks a lot @kremastra it's more historical like that but editing HOI4 map for the Mod is a delicate subject that has very often proven problematic. Especially with the DLCs additions taken into account. We suffered numerous crashes following the addition of the railway. Since then we have been extremely cautious on this point.
When you say that you tested your changes ingame, was it by letting the game run to 1920 several times with and without DLCs?
kremastra
I studied in detail the history of border changes in the Balkans between 1912 and 1919. This period included two Balkan wars of 1912-1913, the World War I of 1914-1918 and the Greco-Turkish War that began in 1919. In this regard, I propose some adjustments to state borders, with a detailed rationale for each change (from east to west):
State 341
Name: Istanbul Color: grey Changes: removed province 922. Reason: after the First Balkan war, the border between Turkey and Bulgaria began to run along the Enos-Midia line (see attached map). Province 922 only crosses this line by 15-20%. Therefore, it is most logical to transfer this province to state 756 (East Thrace), which was part of Bulgaria after the first Balkan war and before the Second Balkan war.
State 756
Name: East Thrace Color: green Changes: added province 922 (the reason was described in point number 1), removed province 11905. Reason: after the Second Balkan war, the border between Turkey and Bulgaria began to run along the Maritsa River. Province 11905 is located west of this river. Therefore, it is most logical to transfer this province to state 757 (Western Thrace), which was part of Bulgaria after the First Balkan war and until 1919 (Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine).
State 757
Name: called Central Thrace, actually Western Thrace Color: orange Changes: added province 11905 (the reason was described in point number 2).
State 184
Name: called Thrace, actually eastern part of Aegean Macedonia Color: yellow Changes: removed province 3936. Reason: after the First Balkan war, the border between Greece and Bulgaria in the southern part began to run along a horizontal line from Thessaloniki to Kavala (see attached map). The peninsula of Chalkidiki became completely owned by Greece. Province 3936 is 70-75% below this horizontal line. Therefore, it is most logical to transfer this province to state 731 (Central Macedonia), which part of Greece after the First Balkan war.
State 731
Name: called Central Macedonia, actually the western part of Aegean Macedonia Color: light green Changes: added province 3936 (reason was described in point number 4).
State 106
Name: called Macedonia, actually the western part of Vardar/North Macedonia Color: blue color Changes: added provinces 867 and 833, removed province 11832. Reason: if you exchange these provinces with state 760 (Southern Serbia), this state 106 and state 759 (East Macedonia) together form the correct contours of the territory that is now the Republic of North Macedonia (FYROM).
State 760
Name: South Serbia Color: light blue Changes: added province 11832, removed provinces 867 and 833 (the reason was described in point number 6).
Also, in connection with these changes, it became necessary to make minor edits to the airports and rocketsites. Because the airport in state 856 was located in province 11905, which is transferred to state 757, it is changed to the neighboring province 3893. Since the rocketsite in state 760 was located in province 867, which is transferred to state 106, it is changed to the neighboring province 9874.
P.S. All these changes have been tested in gameplay and no conflicts have been found.