In the specific case the flat Governing Capacity cost from Expand Infrastructure, it is added at the very end of the usual pattern, so there is nothing that mitigates it. Regardless of the order you do it.
Thanks. I saw that. I was tinkering with both. Its crazy that you can centralize 4x in each state, and effectively have 0 gc. So Prussia, for example, could have 10k dev and still be at zero gc, and easily stay at max disc.