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The game treats this as two concepts, albeit linked. "FIFA Nationality" is surely "Nations Eligible For". The below player retains his Spanish nationality but is no longer eligible for Spain due to having represented Uruguay. Hypothetically, If he goes on to play in the USA and gains U.S. nationality, he does not gain a new nation to be eligible for, but he will gain a new Other Nationality. Or are they still just "FIFA Nationalities" in your opinion? Also, playing devil's advocate, why link nationality, eligibility, and language so tightly for managers? I may be wrong but I know of no reason to do so in the game. A manager can manage anywhere. There is no "FIFA Nationality" for management only national rules governing employment, which I don't believe are in the game (for managers). Plus, being a "FIFA National" is no guarantee of speaking the language. Either way, if we continue playing devil's advocate and treat the Nationality field as "FIFA Nationality", I still can not create "me" in the game, as a Hannover-born, English Nationality, who can not speak German. There is no workaround for this because of how the above has been implemented. Something small that I would happily see changed and hence the feature request.

I assumed that would be the case. I am not conflating the two, I am treating both separately. The field is Nationality and Second Nationality, in this case, you have interpreted this as "FIFA Nationality". There is another field for eligibility in the game (albeit not for a Manager as there are no in-game FIFA Eligibility rules or Work Permit issues for managers that I am aware of). These are being conflated by yourself, I am separating them based on what the game calls them. Also why else would they tie language to nationality, it is possible to be eligible and not speak the language (al la Matty Cash). However, you are less likely to be a national of the country and not speak the language. In fact, I believe to become a German National, among other things, being fluent or proficient in German is essential. As well as this, AFAIK, the rule about gaining a nationality in-game is based on actual rules for gaining a nationality in real life. Hence why the below is "Days to gain nationality" and not "Days to gain eligibility", or "Days to gain FIFA Nationality", and when they reach that threshold, should they choose too, they gain the additional Nationality and Eligibility if able to do so. Unrealistic is probably correct. As intended is probably also correct. I would suggest this would be nice to change too as allowing the players to create a manager accurately should be the aim. And as I stated I am unable to create a manager profile accurate to my nationality/eligibility/language without a workaround.

Do you consider yourself an English national? if so, then happy days, if not then your created manager is not the same as you and you are using a workaround too. Small fry I know, but what you offer is not a solution for nationality but only for eligibility. I may be eligible for Germany, but I am not a German National. The field's in-game description is Nationality, not Eligibility nor FIFA Nationality. There are similarities between your situation and mine, but they are not the same if you consider yourself to be English, and if you don't then you are using a workaround for your nationality/birthplace too. One other key difference is that English is the largest spoken language of both countries in your situation. If I select German as a second nationality I am given fluent German as a language, as much as I would love to be able to, I can not speak German. I am unable to create my character like myself with my actual birthplace without compromising my Nationality or Spoken Language. As I said, it is small fry, but would actually be nice to be accurate.

It isn't. What you have suggested is a workaround. The problem here is I am not German, nor do I speak German. To set my manager up accurately is impossible.

Cheers mate, just saw that in the thread. It looks like it runs pretty sweet.

Excuse my naivety on this, but when run on Steam Deck is it the full game, or is it a stripped down version? I assume it is full as from what I am reading there is steam cloud compatibility, and that you can play saves across both Deck and PC?

I would love to be able to add my actual birthplace (Hannover) whilst maintaining my nationality (English). I am not German, nor am I able to speak German, and currently I can't set my Birthplace correctly with out being German as my nationality. If I try to work around it by selecting German, then Hannover, then substituting my nationality to English this sets my Birthplace to London. I have raised before and was suggested the above workaround, however this doesn't work.