Hello, this may have been already mentioned in which case I apologise for bringing it back.
When playing I always thought that the process of granting independence to new states was one of the most rigid and non-natural processes in the game. Indeed, when doing so, you can only grant independence to a pre-established country with its core provinces being chosen by default. Here is what would seem to me more logical, and would make one the nicest features more realistic.
1) When granting independence you should be able to choose which provinces you want to let go without restriction (starting of course from at least one of the core provinces, but being able to include others)
2) The more core provinces you include, the more the new state should be stable and willing to honour your alliance in case of war. The less you include, the more revolts should occur and these revolts should spread to your own provinces that border this new state (that could be a percentage of the total core provinces, like 40%).
3) Finally (and historically imo one of the most important things), the new state, if unstable or in rebellion, should have a very high probability to ally with your enemies to get back its core provinces. That probability could decrease as the date of independence gets older.
4) In order to prevent people from creating puppet states all over the map the viability of a new state could include a sort of necessary proportion of core provinces compared to other provinces.
Finally I think that when you grant independence you should be able to support the new state, commercially, economically and militarily.
Thanks
When playing I always thought that the process of granting independence to new states was one of the most rigid and non-natural processes in the game. Indeed, when doing so, you can only grant independence to a pre-established country with its core provinces being chosen by default. Here is what would seem to me more logical, and would make one the nicest features more realistic.
1) When granting independence you should be able to choose which provinces you want to let go without restriction (starting of course from at least one of the core provinces, but being able to include others)
2) The more core provinces you include, the more the new state should be stable and willing to honour your alliance in case of war. The less you include, the more revolts should occur and these revolts should spread to your own provinces that border this new state (that could be a percentage of the total core provinces, like 40%).
3) Finally (and historically imo one of the most important things), the new state, if unstable or in rebellion, should have a very high probability to ally with your enemies to get back its core provinces. That probability could decrease as the date of independence gets older.
4) In order to prevent people from creating puppet states all over the map the viability of a new state could include a sort of necessary proportion of core provinces compared to other provinces.
Finally I think that when you grant independence you should be able to support the new state, commercially, economically and militarily.
Thanks
