Victoria III - Autosaves to cloud cause major lag

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Short summary of your issue
Autosaves to cloud cause major lag

Game Version
1.2.4

What OS are you playing on?
Windows

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Have you tried verifying your game files?
Yes

How much "pain" is this causing you?
6

Please explain the issue you experienced in the most condensed way possible
Ironman autosaves to cloud cause the game to lag for 5-10 seconds in 1836, growing to 20 seconds by the 1870s. Autosaves to disk do not have the same delay. Because Ironman autosaves can't be configured to anything other than every three months, this means I spend almost as much time waiting for autosaves as playing the game on speed 5.

Please explain how to reproduce the issue
Start an ironman game with cloud saves turned on. Observe the lag. First attached save file is from 1836 and demonstrates the issue. Second attached file has mods installed (Canadian Flag Pack and Adopt Western Clothes) and is from the 1870s so demonstrates the issue more severely.

Is there anything else you think could help us identify/replicate the issue?
This is happening on an i5-7300HQ, 32 GB RAM, GTX 1050. The game is installed on C: and that's an SSD. Following along in Resource Monitor, the lag happens before the game starts writing to a .stmp file in

Edit: one other detail is that sometimes odd graphical artifacts appear on the map terrain while the autosave is happening. They disappear once the autosave is finished.

I have attached a save game
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In my case, autosave can take even longer. By 1900 it takes about a minute.

The game hangs and Windows even says the program is not responding, but it haven't crashed since 1.2.4 release. I just wait. And wait some more. Then play a month and wait some more.... And repeat.

I'd say this causes me way more pain than OP. The endgame is borderline unplayable.

My PC: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CTHLX8C?ref_=pe_527950_33920250_dpLink
Game is installed in a Samsung 980 Pro.