First off, this is the best mod I have ever played, hands down. I do have a coupla questions tho.

Is it purposefull that the Japanese factions have almost no 'happiness' buildings that dont also increase growth rates? I am finding in my current game that my populations are exploding because of a lack of non-growth happiness buildings.

Also, has anyone else found it that the Khanate absolutely carves up the other factions and surges straight to #1 by a long ways (about double the score of 2nd place demons)? Or maybe is there actually some variation in what happens? Ifso, hooorah.

Additionally, is it just me or is diplomacy working properly in this mod, as I have never seen it do before in the vanilla versions or any other mod? My neighbours (Agaki clan) haven't once launched a stupid (ie- destined to fail) attack agains me without provokation. They have sought ceasefire when on the losing end of battles. They have negotiated reasonable deals and stuck with them. Ditto for other dudes. They are behaving..... sensibly. Boy that is a real pleasure. I actually feel like diplomatising now rather than simply grinding away. As a reward to them, the Agaki Clan have now been bypassed and live on happy and healthy (and un-backstabbily). Woo!