saxon = {
	color = saxon
	created = 843.1.1
	parents = { old_saxon }
	
	ethos = ethos_stoic
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_saxon
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_stand_and_fight
		tradition_ruling_caste
		tradition_religious_patronage
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_saxon

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 	

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

franconian = {
	color = { 0.5 0.5 0.5 }
	created = 640.1.1 # Frankish settlements appeared along the Rhine during the 7th century
	parents = { frankish }
	
	ethos = ethos_courtly
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_hereditary_hierarchy
		tradition_astute_diplomats
		tradition_castle_keepers
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_franconian

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

swabian = {
	color = swabian
	
	ethos = ethos_communal
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_mountain_homes
		tradition_parochialism
		tradition_hard_working
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_swabian

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 	

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}
rottisch = {
	color = { 0.6 0.6 0.7 }
	
	ethos = ethos_communal
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_chivalry
		tradition_mountain_homes
		tradition_chanson_de_geste
		tradition_hard_working
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_swabian

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 	

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}


bavarian = {
	color = { 0.55 0.55 0.55 }
	
	ethos = ethos_spiritual
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_zealous_people
		tradition_stand_and_fight
		tradition_hereditary_hierarchy
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_bavarian

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}


dutch = {
	color = dutch
	created = 750.1.1 # Frankish settlements in Frisia from the 6th to 8th century
	parents = { frankish frisian }
	
	ethos = ethos_bureaucratic
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_dutch
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_agrarian
		tradition_parochialism
		tradition_maritime_mercantilism
		tradition_polders
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_dutch

	coa_gfx = { frisian_coa_gfx german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

german = {	#obsolete
	color = { 0.5 0.5 0.5 }
	
	ethos = ethos_stoic
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_hereditary_hierarchy
		tradition_astute_diplomats
		tradition_stand_and_fight
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_german

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

austrian = {
	color = { 0.6 0.6 0.6 }
	
	ethos = ethos_spiritual
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_zealous_people
		tradition_stand_and_fight
		tradition_hereditary_hierarchy
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_bavarian

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

NEOW_pomeranian = {
	color = { 0.3 0.3 0.3 }
	
	ethos = ethos_stoic
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_saxon
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_stand_and_fight
		tradition_ruling_caste
		tradition_religious_patronage
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_saxon

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 	

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

brandenburger = {
	color = { 0.2 0.3 0.3 }
	
	ethos = ethos_stoic
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_saxon
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_stand_and_fight
		tradition_ruling_caste
		tradition_religious_patronage
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_saxon

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 	

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

low_saxon = {
	color = { 0.2 0.2 0.3 }
	
	ethos = ethos_stoic
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_saxon
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_stand_and_fight
		tradition_ruling_caste
		tradition_religious_patronage
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_saxon

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 	

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

hessian = {
	color = { 0.5 0.6 0.5 }
	
	ethos = ethos_courtly
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_hereditary_hierarchy
		tradition_astute_diplomats
		tradition_castle_keepers
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_franconian

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

palatine = {
	color = { 0.5 0.7 0.5 }
	
	ethos = ethos_courtly
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_hereditary_hierarchy
		tradition_astute_diplomats
		tradition_castle_keepers
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_franconian

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

kuhjung = {
	color = { 0.6 0.7 0.5 }
	
	ethos = ethos_courtly
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_hereditary_hierarchy
		tradition_astute_diplomats
		tradition_castle_keepers
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_franconian

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

turkisch = {
	color = { 0.6 0.8 0.5 }
	
	ethos = ethos_courtly
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_high_german
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_hereditary_hierarchy
		tradition_astute_diplomats
		tradition_castle_keepers
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_franconian

	coa_gfx = { german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

limburgisch = {
	color = { 0.7 0.3 0.1 }
	
	ethos = ethos_bureaucratic
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_dutch
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_agrarian
		tradition_parochialism
		tradition_maritime_mercantilism
		tradition_polders
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_dutch

	coa_gfx = { frisian_coa_gfx german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}

kleverlandish = {
	color = { 0.75 0.3 0.0 }
	
	ethos = ethos_bureaucratic
	heritage = heritage_central_germanic
	language = language_dutch
	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only
	traditions = {
		tradition_agrarian
		tradition_parochialism
		tradition_maritime_mercantilism
		tradition_polders
	}
	
	name_list = name_list_dutch

	coa_gfx = { frisian_coa_gfx german_group_coa_gfx western_coa_gfx } 
	building_gfx = { western_building_gfx } 
	clothing_gfx = { dde_hre_clothing_gfx western_clothing_gfx } 
	unit_gfx = { western_unit_gfx } 		

	ethnicities = {
		25 = caucasian_blond
		15 = caucasian_ginger
		35 = caucasian_brown_hair
		25 = caucasian_dark_hair
	}
}