Im hoping future updates to be this:
2.1 Pops and the Economy
I honestly think both should be reworked at the same time. Currently pops feel a bit too bland, too dead, they seem to be more like stats in a province rather than actual pops, Stellaris pops feel a lot more alive than Imperator pops.
I dont like the +0.03 tax or +0.025 research type of system. Tax income and commerce income should be based on the price of goods produced in the province and price of goods should move up or down based on supply and demand. It is upon those prices that Tax income should be based I want pops like Freemen and Tribesmen to produce goods instead of just Slaves. They should produce more than Slaves but at a price of higher required goods, more difficult to keep happy.
I also do not like the fact that 1 trade good should would make all the particular pop type a province happy without regard if the province has 30 pops or 300. This is one of the reasons why mega city gameplay is strong. 1 trade good should only affect a specific amount of pops. With that regard pops should consume goods as well.
Trade goods should be more granular either multiply trade goods available by 100 or make decimals possible.
I'd also like to see 2nd tier trade goods. By that I mean I would want to see pops produce goods using current goods. Not to the level of complexity of Victoria 2, but something to the level of Stellaris. Im envisioning something like making Garum trade good from a Fish trade good and a Salt trade good.
Anyway check out my pre-1.5 suggestion with that topic
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/a-more-dynamic-pop-system.1392616/#post-26649227
2.2 Trade
I would like a trade system that doesnt just teleport goods from one point in the map to another. Without this Trade would feel so bland or shallow. Thus making the following possible:
Trade should enrich not only the two trading parties but those in the middle. Spain selling precious metals to the Levant should not only enrich both parties but Carthage as well which acts a transit point between two parties.
Trade should also be raidable or blockadable. Navies would thus be more important, Carthage could blockade Grain shipments from Egypt when the former is at war with Rome in order to cripple Rome. Pirate states could enrich themselves from raiding rich trade routes. This would also mean 3rd parties would want to pressure both sides to stop a war because their trade is severely affected thus it may lead to an intervention or a simply a threat thereof.
2.3 Government and Internal Politics.
Currently Government types feel so bland, there is no real difference on how you play between A Stratocratic Republic and a Mercantile Republic save for some modifiers and suggested idea slots. They should play differently and have unique mechanics. Stratocratic Republic would want war and expansion, and military defeats should cause unrest in the populace and if its bad enough call for a change of government. While Mercantile Republics would hate it if you declare war on a trade ally or if you fail to protect trade lanes.
Internal politics also feel so bland, I honestly thing the great family system is a bad mechanic. I do not like how they are merely concerned with the number of jobs or that minor characters or families simply disappear into obscurity.
Honorable mentions:
Diplomacy
Characters
Migratory Tribes
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