MOD Announcement PRIOR to 1902/H2

[miketr]

Germany will accept the extra IC or by fine with not getting it.  Just let us know what the final decision is here.

[The Rock Doctor]

Perhaps China should simply get 4 IC as well.  Keeps it on par with its two primary rivals (Japan and Russia), who are both gaining IC in this process.

[snip]

China will not be getting IC's in this buff because there economy was never referenced in any way in comparison to the Dutch/UN unlike the other economies in question. In this case, the Italian economy was directly pegged to the Netherlands (alone) during our initial setup. This fact meant that the Italians needed a direct buff to correct the issue. The other economies that get a 4IC buff were in some way pegged to ether the Italians or to the Dutch. China, however, was not created with a peg to any of it's neighbors due to China not having the concessions it did to International powers in OTL. This fact created enough alteration that prevented us from pegging the Chinese economy to any of the others which were historically based. The nations gaining 3IC are given such to ensure the remain at a level above the nations getting buffed.

China also has the unmatched ability to grow at the highest rate without doing any sort of expanding or having to deal with colonies. Considering that there will be a mechanic introduced to curb the growth potential of lands not connected to the homeland [Logi and I are still finalizing the details of the mechanic], China gains a huge advantage from its local population that no other nation has anything like. Also as noted, the gains in IC are at most what could be built in ~2 turns, so China is not left totally in the dust. As such, the original post stands correct.

+3 IC: Germany and Russia
+4 IC: France, Italy, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire