its vanilla, I just use a different color scheme which gives more historical colors, for example, Texas is red instead of light blue, Prussia is Prussian blue instead of pale yellow, the UK is pink instead of red, etc. Its called SexiColors or something similar, Google it or something.
EDIT: Also, Australia is the first in a series of games I will be playing of countries that don't exist in the 1836 start. I am looking for what to play next. Only one condition: it must be releasable at the start (its cores must not be divided between countries. So no, Poland is not an option
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