Vassals and Tributaries - Exalted Domination [2.8]

Stellaris v3 version available here! This mod aims to improve the Domination tradition so that it is an appealing option at any stage of the game and also adds several new vassal and tributary types that are more evocative and useful to an overlord. See screenshots for new tradition effects. All subject types now grant a small degree of influence, which can be put towards new planetary decisions meant to help empires with smaller territories or towards edicts that grant bonuses to your subject empires. Upon gaining a vassal or tributary an overlord will be immediately prompted to choose a subject type with options based on their ethics. Empires of all ethics have the option to leave a subject as vanilla vassal or tributary. Protectorates that rise to become vassals will trigger the type selection at the beginning of the next month. Vassal Types Beneficiary: For empires that only want the best for their subjects. Beneficiaries receive a 50% reduction to the cost of their Overlord's technology and are fully independent. Their ethics will shift to Xenophile and once a decade a random leader will defect to Overlord's empire due to all the great things they hear. Cultural Conservation: The subject is protected from outsiders but held back culturally and technologically by its Overlord. Its government becomes quite stable but suffers a large penalty to tradition and research development. Dominion: The subject's ruler is executed and a state religion is imposed where the Overlord's current ruler is worshipped as a living god. The Dominion's leader is the same as the Overlord's, including level and traits, and changes to match the Overlord. The subject's ethics shift to Authoritarian and Spiritualist, their civics are replaced with Byzantine Bureaucracy and Imperial Cult. Exarchate: The Overlord liberates its subject citizens, putting in protections for individual and religious rights. The subject's ethics shift to Egalitarian and Spiritualist, and it actively advertises to