Hi all,
I have been playing a Romani campaign and it is now about 224 BC.
Not doing too bad (I think!) - Rome controls all of Italy, Sardinia/Corsica/Sicily, Dalmatia, Albania, Pelle, most of Gaul (Aedui have been destroyed), and the most of the Carthaginian North Africa - from Ippio (Algeria) in the west to Lepki in East (Libya).
Currently at war with Carthage, Sweboz, and Eperos. Arverni have about 3 provinces in Gaul.
Sweboz are the big threat in NW/Central Europe, Eperos is on the ropes, Carthage has been crippled due to the loss of Kart-Hadast and it's other core provinces.

My quandary is this: I have run into the Type4 Government 'Interloper bug' : I can't install Type4 governments without getting a general who eventually acquires the 'Interloper' trait.
I figured I would just keep playing and not build any IV's - make everything III or II.

But I'm wondering is this do-able?
Will I be able to have a sustainable empire (90+ provinces) without using Client states?
Already I am running out of FMs to govern cities - out of the 32 provinces I control, 7 or 8 have no governor.

What should I do?

Keep playing or install the fixes for Client states and re-start?

Thanks!

- J