Some suggestions for the Malay Peninsula

[neondt]

Malacca was the predominant power in the Malay world prior to its conquest by Portugal. It's been getting some love recently in vanilla with some unique events and additional provinces, and I think it could also use some national ideas to distinguish it from other Malay countries.

Ideas:

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MLC_ideas = {
	start = {
		navy_tradition = 0.25
		naval_morale = 0.25
	}
	bonus = {
		global_trade_income_modifier = 0.15
	}
	trigger = {
		tag = MLC
	}
	free = yes
	mlc_foreign_trade = {
		diplomatic_reputation = 2
		tolerance_heathen = 1
	}
	mlc_resources = {
		production_efficiency = 0.1
	}
	mlc_straits = {
		global_prov_trade_power_modifier = 0.1
	}
	pandikars = {
		discipline = 0.05
	}
	legacy_srivijaya = {
		prestige = 1
	}
	mlc_claimants = {
		fabricate_claims_time = -0.33
	}
	mlc_tribute = {
		vassal_income = 0.15
	}
}

Localisation:

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 MLC_ideas: "Malaccan Ideas"
 MLC_ideas_start: "Malaccan tradition"
 MLC_ideas_bonus: "Malaccan ideas"
 mlc_foreign_trade: "Hub for Foreign Traders"
 mlc_foreign_trade_desc: "Many merchants from India, China, and even further afield choose Malacca as their preferred trading port in the region"
 mlc_resources: "Local Exports"
 mlc_resources_desc: "Besides selling goods aquired from trading, the goods produced internally also fetch a good profit on the international market"
 mlc_straits: "Protect the Straits"
 mlc_straits_desc: "It is vitally important to ward the Straits of Malacca against intrusion from pirate raiders and foreign powers"
 pandikars: "Pandikars"
 pandikars_desc: "We will employ the services of martial arts experts to instill discipline into our armed forces"
 mlc_palace: "The Sultan's Palace"
 mlc_palace_desc: "The Sultan must have a great palace to impress the many foreign envoys and influential merchants who come to Malacca"
 mlc_claimants: "Sponsor Royal Claimants"
 mlc_claimants_desc: "The strategy of sponsoring claimants to foreign thrones in return for influence upon their success has proven very successful"
 mlc_tribute: "Centralised Tribute System"
 mlc_tribute_desc: "The many cities that pay tribute to Malacca currently pay only token tribute to the Sultan. This must change, and a centralised system of calculating and enforcing owed tribute must be implemented"

In addition, I think there's some room for improvement in the 1444 setup on the Peninsula. Firstly, the Sultanate of Kelantan did not become a vassal of Malacca until 1499. It could be represented in-game as an independent country owning the provinces of Kelantan and Terengganu (the latter not actually being part of Kelantan historically, but it probably wasn't part of Malacca yet either). The Sultanate still exists (it's now part of Malaysia), and the flag is easy to find and adapt. The Sultan in 1444 was Iskandar Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Baki Shah.

Around 1411, Raja Kumar, the ruler of Kelantan, became independent of Siam, and Kelantan became an important centre of trade by the end of the 15th century.

In 1499, Kelantan became a vassal state of the Malacca Sultanate. With the fall of Malacca in 1511, Kelantan was divided up and ruled by petty chieftains, paying tribute to Patani, then the supreme Malay Kingdom of the eastern peninsula.

I'd also like to suggest adding some revolter nations to the Peninsula, namely Johor and Perak. Both of these already exist within the game, though they cannot currently emerge from a 1444 start date (Malacca is the primary nation of Malayan culture, and neither nation has any cores in 1444). I would suggest adding Perak cores to Perak and Selangor, and Johor cores to Johor and Bintan. Historically both nations emerged as successor states to Malacca.