country_decisions = {

	mmetr_form_ancient_macedonia_nation = {
		major = yes
		potential = {
			NOT = { has_country_flag = formed_ancient_macedonia_flag }
			OR = {
				ai = no
				is_playing_custom_nation = no
			}
			OR = {
				ai = no
				NOT = { exists = MC1 }
			}
			NOT = { tag = MC1 }
			NOT = { tag = PER }
			NOT = { tag = PAP }
			NOT = { tag = HLR }
			NOT = { tag = ROM }
			NOT = { tag = ROW }
			NOT = { tag = BYZ }
			NOT = { tag = PRT }
			OR = {
				culture_group = byzantine
				tag = IGR
				tag = GRB	#Greco-Bactria
			}
			is_colonial_nation = no
			OR = {
				is_former_colonial_nation = no
				AND = {
					is_former_colonial_nation = yes
					ai = no
				}
			}
			NOT = { started_in = 476.9.4 }	#Fall of Rome, rough beginning of Middle Ages
		}
		provinces_to_highlight = {
			OR = {
				province_id = 148
			}
			NOT = {
				owned_by = ROOT
				is_core = ROOT
			}
			has_discovered = ROOT
		}
		allow = {
			culture_group = byzantine
			is_free_or_tributary_trigger = yes
			is_at_war = no
			NOT = { exists = MC1 }
			owns_core_province = 148	#Thessalonica / Salonica
			capital_scope = {
				area = macedonia_area
			}
		}
		effect = {
			change_tag = MC1
			if = {
				limit = {
					NOT = {
						government_rank = 2
					}
					set_government_rank = 2
				}
			}
			add_country_modifier = {
				name = "centralization_modifier"
				duration = 7300
			}
			add_prestige = 20
			set_country_flag = formed_ancient_macedonia_flag
		}
		ai_will_do = {
			factor = 1
		}
		ai_importance = 400
	}
	
}
