Quote Originally Posted by tarem View Post
i am not proposing that the republic was capable of any expansion in the present state that it was, still for any effective gameplay reasons, having to lead your armies back into the homelands to protect your interests , would de facto simulate some of the historical manoeuvring
So did the civil wars of other nations, and they had far more dramatic consequences. I am afraid it is also not possible to determine which side you take in an M2:TW rebellion. Then there is the loyalty-rate that determines the likelyhood of rebellion: it's too crude a parameter to simulate complex politicking. It represents loyalty to the faction leader rather than factions within a nation.