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Better Empire Names Reborn

This a newly remade minimod aimed at fixing one of the smaller nuisances in Stellaris - the fact that seemingly every empire in the galaxy is named after the species that rules it. This is a fine old sci-fi cliche, but its silliness starts to become a lot more apparent when you run into the "Human Federation".

This mod adjusts the available empire name formats, as well as their generation chances, resulting in a broader range of possible empire names, most of which will be named after their home planet. Some examples of names generated using this mod include:

• The Assembly of Stars
  
• The Xania Union
  
• The United Nations of Earth
  
• The Kingdom of Sejeth
  
• The Kenjodan Dominion
  
• The People's Democratic Socialist Republic of Sanacan
  
• The International Space Agency
  
• The Warriors of the Bloody Flame
  
• The United Federation of Planets
  
• The United Nations Space Command
  
• The Covenant
  
• The People's Federation of Peoples

(hey, nobody's perfect)

Changelog, May 24th, 2022

• Fixed various bugs (including the longstanding bug with xenophile Fallen Empires).
  
• New names for mercenary, salvager, and shroudwalker enclaves.
  
• Certain name formats now use the adjectival form of your homeworld or home system's name. WARNING: This update breaks saves!
  
• New name formats for spiritualist and materialist megacorps with mercenary-related civics.

Changelog, May 22nd, 2022

• Fixed some additional cases of empire names missing words, or even missing names entirely.

Changelog, May 17th, 2022

• Fixed some CTDs related to malformed lookups.
  
• Fixed several issues where empire names would be missing words.
  
• Properly enabled the rational consensus name formats.

Changelog, May 15th, 2022

• Updated for Stellaris 3.4.
  
• Fixed several bugs where empires would be given strange, one-word names.
  
• Fixed several bugs where empires were being given the wrong name formats.

Changelog, December 9th, 2021

• Renamed empire_formats.yml for better compatibility.

Changelog, December 2nd, 2021

• Added names for nature-worshipping religions.
  
• Split the militarist corporation name formats into separate "arms dealer" and "mercenary" formats.
  
• Added support for the following mods: Ethics and Civics Classic 3.2, Venture Politics, More Authorities, Amazing Civics - Megacorps, Basic Ordinary Origins.