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Ley Line Expanded

This mod adds more mechanics to the ley line resource, aiming to improve the experience of the Hermetic Order secret society. It changes the following things:

1. Ley lines can now be harvested, providing a moderate amount of every yield (except food, because ley lines do not produce food in vanilla game). This would hopefully give Hermetic Orders a much needed early game boost, and also prevent ley lines from blocking construction spaces.
2. Unique improvements can now be built on ley lines. This includes civilization improvements, city state improvements, and also governor improvements (city park).
3. Ley lines can now be generated on snow tiles like in previous versions to encourage settling on these areas, they can also generate on terrain features (trees, jungles, etc.) to make them spread more evenly.

Known Bugs: If you are lucky enough to happen to stand on the appropriate tile, you can harvest ley lines without having Hermetic Order society. I didn't manage to find a viable workaround, please feel free to contact me if you have a possible solution. At least AI is denied from harvesting a resource it cannot see, and a human player can certainly choose not to.