Thanks for the message. Forgot I had a mod up for this game. As you can probably guess I've not played Stellaris in quite some time so this mod hasn't been updated. For the sake of anyone who may not be running the latest patch for whatever reason I won't bring down this mod yet. I'll put a warning in the description though.

It seems that current version of the mod is incompatible with 1.2.0 game patch. I can't create an empire and start a new game with only this mod selected.
From technical standpoint, maybe the mod author should avoid overwriting common\defines\00_defines.lua, as it is bound to break things. Follow the friendly advice in the top comment of said file.

Yep this does the trick... however on the downside, protectorate npc nations will never be able catch up and become a vassel >.<

AMAZING, you are a goddamn genius

Noice!