I noticed today that my empire has an expansion anger of 15!!!??? ("Our inept government's attempts to overexpand.... this far surpassing any other source of discontent except in largest cities). Sorry but this makes absolutely no sense. Since when has a country ever had citizens angry over expansion unless it infringes on the rights of other countries? (such as trying to force religious and cultural views on others). This is particularly true in ancient times where people were less tolerant of difference and sought to spread their own cultural influence (and ways of life). If anything it should be the opposite... its modern incarnation is called nationalism and happiness that our culture has influence.
If you want to hedge growth (over-expansion), the only way that makes sense is financially or with anger of people that want different civics (aren't happy with the current government because of difference in perceptive) or distance from capital. I realize that in a sense, the latter one is similar but in reality it has nothing to do with expansion itself, and is completely dependent (and relative) on cultural influence. Plus... 15? really? Does anything decrease this?
If you want to hedge growth (over-expansion), the only way that makes sense is financially or with anger of people that want different civics (aren't happy with the current government because of difference in perceptive) or distance from capital. I realize that in a sense, the latter one is similar but in reality it has nothing to do with expansion itself, and is completely dependent (and relative) on cultural influence. Plus... 15? really? Does anything decrease this?