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The reason they shouldn't lose their cores is this.
Great Britain released, scotland, ireland, india, australia, canada, and quebec.
All of them are OPMs, Britain never has to worry about cultural rebels again.

Agreed. Besides, why should a released country never have conflict with its parent state? It'd add a little liveness if you released a large country and they became your enemy in the region.