Charle_88 said:
Italian culture?
Well... that does explain a lot of the rebel behavior in the game. =)
Hehe, further evidence that the rebels are secretly headquartered in Rome (and funded by the Vatican?

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This is actually true, in some sense...
EDIT: Now that I think about it, it's actually somewhat odd that your government fell. After all, the criterion for government falling is (# of provinces controlled by Rebel Scum)>(# of provinces controlled by government)...and those two numbers will always be equal!
EDIT2: Ah, IIRC colonies/TPs controlled by the rebels count in that criterion, but colonies/TPs controlled by the government do not. So if you managed to get your colony up to a city, I would expect that your government would stop falling.