this thread still has some life in in, despite page 8
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/dev-diary-175-ritsuryo-soryo-meritocratic.1779028/
Japan and Korea!
Previous Dev Diary >>2063504 (Chinese Mechanics)
Nippon
>now murasaki/wisteria purple
>ruled by Ten'no emperor, but power varies, with a Kampaku "regent" (not a diarch) ruling on behalf of the emperor
Ritsuyro
>single county governors
>the Fujiwara are fucking everywhere
>Kampaku works like Byzantine Acclamation, with Influence, weights, and Blocs
>cannot create duchies or kingdoms, must spread their family influence
>Manor domicile, unique to Japanese governments
Chrysanthemum Throne
>Yamato Emperor is a playable character
>only valid for Japan itself, than any governorship
>if also gains the Kampaku, can abdicate from the Chrysanthemum throne as a cloistered emperor
Imperial Policies
>issued by Kampaku, Shogun, or Ten'no, for all vassals
>defense mobilization allows Ritusryō to access Mounted Samurai
House Aspirations
>like Byzantine House Powers, but with level ups
House Relations
>free with the AuH patch
>tracks House Relations, rather than characters
>7 stages, from Feud to Amity
Blocs
>like Confederations, but via Houses than Characters
>Leading House makes decisions for it
>Has a Cohesion Value, based on House Aspiration and House Relations
>Bloc members will automatically join Factions of the House Head of their Bloc's Leading House
Sōryō
>turn governorship into a fief, which is a crime, but have access to Mounted Samurai and "generally band together to defend themselves"
>1178 is the peak of this, behead Minamoto fucking shits
Korea
>decision to unify the Husamguk under a single empire
>Yongsun Throne can be created, similar to the Chrysanthemum Throne's parallel rule
>unified Korea can easier hybridize, also has an Acclimation succesion law towards the Yongsun
Meritocratic Government
>like China: Noble Families, Estate, Merit, Exams, but no Imperial Exams

Cheeky SEA Wanua there