I made this modmod of RI based on my personal interests and preferences for the game. Sharing just in case anyone else finds it to their liking.
download:
https://epigone.itch.io/realism-phoenixcode:
https://github.com/AnotherEpigone/realism-phoenixIt's mostly some small balance tweaks, a modifed worldmap, and an overhaul of Christianity, splitting it into the main branches: Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodoxy.
The worldmap kind of stretches the "realism" definition since it has mythological stuff like Atlantis in addition to some extra historical cities... but it's fun.