I'm having countrywide Iberian unrest, I don't know why

[andrewt]

I have fully conquered the Iberian peninsula and they all have 15% unrest, which refuses to go down. 3 of them have governors, 3 without but it's all the same 15% unrest. The towns I recently conquerd in Numidia and Gaul already have lower unrest than the Iberian towns. They just refuse to go down below 15%. Some of the towns actually have public order above 100% even with it but they're growing so I need it to go down.

[Murmandamus]

I also noticed that they were more unruly people in that region. I had to put them to the sword or enslave. Occupying didn't work, even for < 3000 populations. Destroy their shrines and build temples too so that you can upgrade them. It may also help to chose a closer town to become your capital. Those towns are about as far away from the Italian peninsular as you can get.

Careful letting them revolt too. You get a 10000 bonus from the senate for retaking the town, but the rebels seem to get powerful units there. Esp. Cordoba (whatever it's called in RTW)

[Bob the Insane]

Have you ever been to Spain???

They are not exactly big fans of centralize government and red tape... ~;)

There is no other country in europe where "Regional Autonomy" is such a big political issue... (No offense ment to anyone there, please correct me if I am wrong)...

Seriously, Murmandamus is probably correct from what I have read on these forums...

[DojoRat]

Have you looked on the city's stat scroll. I can't remember it's real name but it gives you a breakdown of income, unrest, growth, etc. It has symbols representing the positive and negative forces effecting each category and may give a clue as to why these Iberian cities are more rebellious. It could be that there is a predisposition for rebellion written into the game for that area or it might be a factor of the distance from your capital.