Yeah, an auto-rally system would've been nice.
As it is, there is partial (albeit imperfect) solution: If you drag-and-drop a unit from one province to another province that's a fair distance away, then that unit will automatically make its way to the target province. You can do the same thing with agents as well.
Same here. Auto-merge/tidy always seems to wind up doing about the exact opposite of what I would've preferred. I long ago discovered that I was generally better off leaving that option disabled.
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