The project started just by having some ideas during my plathroughs of HFM, like removal of microstates, additional content for some of the nations, etc. Eventually it started growing more and more as I kept adding new things and rebalancing old ones, as well as fixing some things I encountered while going over the original mods files. I am mainly creating this page here, so perhaps could see what other ideas people would have as well as remembering what I actually made. I am going to release first version when I feel like I have added enough content for it to feel like a fully fledged submod rather than just some tweaks here and there. Plan also is to integrate some other things from other mods with permission of their creators in single bug free package that would run on my modified HFM map.
Added or split some of the cultures. Mostly did it, that well personally I think it adds more diversity on the map as well as its nice to see how they fare, or if they emigrate, where they end up. Also some actually are so regions would be more historically diverse. Like for example romaniotes, or Romaniote Jews, who were native to the Eastern Mediterranean ever since the time of Byzantine Empire. Added some events in regards to them too for Greece for example.
New cultures so far:
Sorbian
Silesian
Friulian
Cornish
Frisian
Danube Swabian
Komi
Karelian
Sicilian
Corsican
Sardinian
Kalmyk
Avar
Livonian
Ossetians
Romaniote
Moldavian
Aromanian
Innocuous additions, in my opinion. For each pop you add to the list, you're making the game significantly heavier.
Sorbians, silesians, cornish, komi, kalmyk, avar, ossetian cultures are good to go, the rest are easily identifiable as part of a larger cluster.
The game is about broader ethno-national perceptions, not localist ethnicities. If so, I'd ask you to make new cultures such as New English, New Yorker, South Appalacchian, and so. You get me? It could all be simplified with Yankee and Dixie and Texan, or even better, Euro-American.
A bit too large of a commentary. A cordial hug. :)