This I don't understand.

Why should we not be able to retrain troops in a conquered province. In almost all situations involving colonization, the conquering army leaves the city after only a short time and recruits a local militia to keep the peace in their stead. The US government is even doing this right now in Iraq and Afganistan by training the Iraqi people.

I think it would be safe to say that in every country, there are people who are unhappy with the current government. (There seems to be an obscene number in fact in 1.2) These rebels and malcontents would be happy to join to conquering army with or without a puppet regime in place. We should be able to recruit militia at the very least, if not retrain or build units outright.

Am I the only one who thinks this is odd?