Reputation Rankings?

I am sure that this has been asked and answered several times but hunting through all the pages is just....

Someone want to list the Reputations rankings in order?

I am a bit bewildered. For turns and turns I have been reliable...maybe very, I may have missed it. I attacked Portugal the turn after making a new alliance with France...who was fighting them and now I am Trustworthy!

I thought I would have dropt!

If you released prisoners or occupied settlements, that increases your reputation.

{DT_REPUTATION_0}Despicable
{DT_REPUTATION_1}Deceitful
{DT_REPUTATION_2}Very Untrustworthy
{DT_REPUTATION_3}Untrustworthy
{DT_REPUTATION_4}Dubious
{DT_REPUTATION_5}Mixed
{DT_REPUTATION_6}Reliable
{DT_REPUTATION_7}Very Reliable
{DT_REPUTATION_8}Trustworthy
{DT_REPUTATION_9}Very trustworthy
{DT_REPUTATION_10}Immaculate

Is there any benefit from having a high reputation?

Factions will agree on diplomatic proposals, factions will keep alliances, and I have a small feeling it affects public order, but maybe not.

they will also sell you their "spare" lands for bargain knockdown prices

seems to get more expensive the worse your reputation gets (although I haven't extensively tested this)

so hard to keep good reputation, its driving me insane. firstly, once you get too powerful even on medium setting, your reputation goes down, even if you are the wronged party. any retaliation against the enemy = negative reputation.

i have once try to give away a region or two to entice the darn HRE into peace with me. admittedly, i DID executemartyr some prisoners, and that those regions are in the path of Turkish hordes.....*whistle innocently* Nothing wrong with taking back the region if you know that they cant hold it from the infidels to help out the christiandom...

for the record my best reputation never progress beyond "very reliable" despite my best effort. perhaps big empires are only suppose to use harsh languages on the aggressive little neighbours?