Just a small note, M2TW does offer a lot of peacetime variety, compared to RTW at least. Missions can concentrate (in times of peace) on building infrastructure or roleplaying characters. Scripted rebellions can keep small armies busy, particularly in newly conquered provinces, or regions under going political change. Some factions, if not all, will have an internal political situation that will make diplomacy within a faction as well as between factions a necessary area to concentrate on, sometimes at the expense of expansion.

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