I too dispise the way vices were handled. Far too many bad traits for management. I think RTR fixed many of them, but in RTW I got so many poor assessors (thanks, my troops have better things to do than babysit) I just stopped caring. When you have a bunch of provinces (and my favorite, sea trade) it does not matter so much anyway.

Probably my favorite thing to do was just keep my generals out of towns. Keep them in armies (got to love the HC they bring for most factions!) was my strategy most of the times.

Azi