Well, the so-called 'break-up' of France is instead going back and recognising that there was no France in 1419. Well, there was a France, but it was a smallish country based around Il de France, Champagne etc. The south spoke a different language. I think this is one good starting point for 'culture' as EU2 uses it.
The problem we face is that in EU2 is that either a culture is the same as the national culture(s) or different, and one standard, uniform detriment is layered on to the wrong culture provinces and the Stab cost for the country. So, Finland owning a province with Mesoamerican apparently have the same governance problems as Anglosaxons governing Gaelic. While there are undoubtedly cultural differences between north and south German groups, between the Swabish and Hessians, between the people of upper Gunstadt and lower Grunstadt, these cannot be fit within the EU culture straightjacket.
This is why I have suggested earlier and in other fora that we need to use other mechanisms. The manpower reduction, -30% to tax and RR increases are simply too strong for the differences between the regions of Germany, when this is the standard for Chinese governing Arabs etc.
Accordingly, I urge again that we consider instead having event-generated effects. When the Hansa control certain southern states, it would trigger an event giving them a permanent RR of +1 in those provinces (an effect that would only apply to them when they owned them).
The cultural difference you describe that are tied to the reformation are alreadu taken into acount in that those provinces change their religion, which creates a similar situation in regards to RR and therefore taxation reduction. To layer that on top of cultural difference would certainly create a state of constant revolt where northern German culture nations owned southern german catholic provinces, and vice versa.
Oh, and for everyone else, Mikl and I are brothers, which is why we are giving one another a hard time. :rofl:
