Zompist Bboard Again

So apparently Trump's tariffs aren't actually reciprocal but based on a calculation using trade deficit, with a bottom 10% threshold for any countries that don't have a trade deficit. So Trump listed Vietnam as having a '90% tariff on American goods'. But Vietnam doesn't actually have a tariff of 90...

Trump's foreign policy isn't that hard to understand in my view, as it is built on a similar foreign policy approach as some other global conservatives and on the foreign policy ideologues of the MAGA movement. From what I can tell, there are two schools of thought at play in regards to Russia. The ...

Authoritarian masses always think the Tzar is both merciful and terrible. Even in Egyptian or Inca despotisms, the concentration of power was thought to have benefits for the ruled. Confucians would say it's right to obey your superiors under almost all circumstances. In fact, ethics is understood ...

I'm not used to using this forum so I hope I'm replying to everything right. Confucianism was extremely authoritarian. Your superiors have complete authority over you. You can advise your father to be benevolent, but you have no right to disobey him. You are not your own man. A ruler can theoretical...

Confucianism is authoritarianism. Your social superiors have complete authority over you. They are supposed to be benevolent towards you. However, there are no checks on their caprice other than exhorting them to humanity through culture and sage advice. They thought this is realistic because, acco...

The Historical Atlas seems to suggest that Čeiy is a taiga. I've seen elsewhere references that it isn't that cold but most things seem to point to it being like that- a taiga, subarctic climate. If it is a taiga, how does Čeiy support such a large population and productive agriculture? Comparable r...

Interesting, in terms of the nomadic people I imagine you mean mostly after 3480 or were Caizurans a minority in their kingdom from its inception? Also I did not know there are still Arašei around that didn't subscribe to Eled'át, very cool.

Are there any very small cultural minorities in Eretald (or the rest of Ereláe) that wouldn't be shown in the 3480 linguistic map or feature much in history due to their very small size. Something like the Aromanians of the Balkans or contemporary Assyrians in the ME?

Seeing these posts really rekindled a bit of the old passion I used to have for modding Paradox Interactive games. Hope nobody minds but I tried giving it a whirl just out of curiosity and one of the things I remembered from thinking about this in the past is that an EU4 mod, unlike Victoria 3, shou...