Howe can I reduce revolts?

[Furious Mental]

Don't secure your borders in North Africa. Eliminate your enemies in North Africa. If you consolidate all your armies in Libya, Africa, Sicily and Sardinia and hire some mercs you can pretty much wipe the Berbers out immediately. You could probably do it even faster with the help of all the troops in Spain but I haven't tried. Once you've done that you could either disband the armies or send them to other frontiers.

Oh yeah, and get rid of all those useless navies.

[gmjapan]

That is in fact what I meant for North Africa. I think I need a better choice of words in future. For now though, your post can correct my mistake!

[Furious Mental]

One of the best things about opportunistically attacking the Berbers (or anyone else, for that matter, with care) is that the cash you make from exterminations can be invested in much needed economics buildings.

[DensterNY]

Well also with the WRE you can expect a revolution to occur within the first few years so simply decide which cities will do so by adjusting the garrison, tax rate and religious aspects. Obviously try to limit the revolt to about five cities and then simply attack them and eliminate the populace which should decrease future problems there and also generate some cash.

Oh, one bit of advice is to also strip these cities bare of their buildings which will give you cash and also taking out their military buildings means you won't face a revolt with anything higher than a peasant unit.

[Trithemius]

Well also with the WRE you can expect a revolution to occur within the first few years so simply decide which cities will do so by adjusting the garrison, tax rate and religious aspects. Obviously try to limit the revolt to about five cities and then simply attack them and eliminate the populace which should decrease future problems there and also generate some cash.

Oh, one bit of advice is to also strip these cities bare of their buildings which will give you cash and also taking out their military buildings means you won't face a revolt with anything higher than a peasant unit.

Another advantage of clearing the settlement of buildings is that you get to rebuild them later! This might seem a small advantage, but when you are trying to keep your treasury down to preserve your carefully trained governors it can be really handy.