As for raids from beyond the edge of the map, I think that an occaisional spawn of a moderate-size "brigand" army at the very edge of the map (not in the middle of a province, mind you) would be the best way of handling that. This army would then be able to march westward and attack the closest city. However, since it's impossible for the player to march off the map and deal with the source of these problems, it only seems fair that these spawns shouldn't occur very often; in fact, only rarely. Just enough that a seemingly safe province at the very corner of the map is never "truly" safe.[/QUOTE]

i agree with that