is_not_free_merc_company = {
	ROOT = {
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_hakkapeliita_cavalry }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_prussian_volunteer_army }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_knights_templar }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_swiss_guard }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_large_hakkapeliita_cavalry }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_guerilla_hakkapeliita_cavalry }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_elite_hakkapeliita_cavalry }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_mongol_banner }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_swiss_canton_mercenaries }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_japanese_volunteers }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_militant_order_of_saint_joan }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_black_army }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_black_army_2 }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_tatar_vanguard }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_righteous_army }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_scouting_almogavars }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_skirmishing_almogavars }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_veteran_almogavars }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_byz_varangian_guard }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_byz_turkish_janissaries }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_gavras_house_guards }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_tatar_vanguard }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_inc_big_ears }
		# NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_may_chontals }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_mug_elite_gurkhas }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_lisowczyk }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = merc_ita_lost_legions }
		#BR Added:
		NOT = { mercenary_company = br_varangian_guard_elite }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = br_varangian_guard }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = br_varangian_guard_rowdy }
		NOT = { mercenary_company = br_turkic_cavalry }
	}
}