So I have noticed something that I think is affecting the way that the mid to late game plays out. All my recent games end with the same story. Khuzait and Battania do well. Sturgia, Vladia and the imperal factions doing badly.
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It is like they went to war just to extort a small tribute which is a fine strategy in some cases but if this is the apparent sole ambition of weaker factions then they are doomed to be consumed by the stronger ones.
Mexxico was working on getting weak factions to recover as of two weeks ago.






